Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

l1

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: l1
IPA

1

Scrabble Score

1

Letters

1

Syllables

1

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mother tongue; someone's native language; own language.

noun

Abbreviation of Lagrange point 1, located between the larger and smaller objects along a line connecting the two.

noun

Short for first level in various contexts.

Uncountable

noun

Short for first level in various contexts.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This advantage was pertinent in the Hong Kong context where English is largely an L2 language, although would not be expected to be as large in an L1 context."
"Writing of the L1 is performed one cache line at a time and can be 64 bytes or 32 bytes."

Etymology

From Language 1 (“first language”).

Usage

Uncountable

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Linguistics.

Inflected Forms

L1s (plural)

Phrases

Lagrange point

Frequently Paired Words

L2 Lagrange point L3 L4 L5

Questions

What does l1 mean?: A mother tongue; someone's native language; own language.
Where does l1 come from?: From Language 1 (“first language”).

How to pronounce l1

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