Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gl

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
gl
IPA
3
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Initialism of good luck

name

the prefix of catalog entries in the Gliese star catalog, for initial catalog

name

by extension, prefix for any catalogued in the Gliese star catalog and expansions

noun

Initialism of girls' love (“yuri media”).

Uncountable

prefix

Misspelling of Gl, the prefix for Gliese catalog of nearby stars.

Etymology

From Japanese GL(ジーエル) (jīeru), from ガールズラブ (gāruzu rabu), from English girls + love.

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Frequently Paired Words

Wo NN

Synonyms

Gliese GJ

Questions

What does gl mean?
Initialism of good luck
Where does gl come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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