US /ɛl/ UK /ɛl/
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noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the twelfth letter of the English alphabet

    The word "loyal" begins and ends with an l.

Etymology

The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, from Latin L, from Greek lambda (Λ), ultimately from the Phoenician letter lamedh, meaning 'goad' or 'ox-goad'.

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