li'l

[lɪɫ]

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

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Meaning

adj

adj

"" Go s'eepy, baby; don' you be 'Paid; mammy ain' gwine let nuffin' hu't you, even ef pappy don' wan' look at huh li'l face. Bye, bye, go s'eepy, mammy's li'l gal.""
"Jesse called her his li'l cutie pie. Because she was happy to be so cute and her daddy's little girl,"
"This li'l puppy is adorable!"

Contracted from little, especially as pronounced with flapping, when the /t/ is barely audible.

li'l' (alternative) lil (alternative) lil' (alternative, misspelling)

li'l ol' li'l old li'l ole

Questions

How do you pronounce li'l?

The recorded pronunciation is [lɪɫ].

What does li'l mean?

Pronunciation spelling of little.

Where does li'l come from?

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