dark l

English

Noun

dark l (plural dark ls or dark l's)

1. (phonology) A consonantal sound, the velarized alveolar lateral approximant, represented by ⟨ɫ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

   Coordinate term: clear l

   • 1956, Daniel Jones, The Pronunciation of English, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 91:

     Occasionally one meets with people in the South of England who do not differentiate between clear l's and dark l's to the extent mentioned in the preceding paragraphs.

Further reading

• dark l on Wikipedia.Wikipedia