PL

See also: pl, Pl, .pl, pl., and Pl.

Translingual

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• Pl

Symbol

PL

1. (metrology) Symbol for petaliter (petalitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10¹⁵ liters (litres).

Etymology 2

Symbol

PL

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Poland.

   Synonym: POL (alpha-3)

English

Noun

PL (plural PLs)

1. Initialism of public library.
2. (US, law, government) Initialism of public law.
   • 1982, Richard Gilmore, A Poor Harvest: The Clash of Policies and Interests in the Grain Trade, page 21:

     The government's primary market promotion tool is Public Law 480, the Food for Peace program. Since its inception in 1954, PL 480 has provided an outlet in less-developed countries for American agricultural surpluses.

3. (topology) Initialism of piecewise linear.
4. (biochemistry) Initialism of proximity labeling.
5. (computing) Initialism of programming language.
6. (economics) Initialism of price level.
7. (scouting, US) Initialism of patrol leader.

Proper noun

PL

1. (soccer, UK) Initialism of Premier League.

Verb

PL

1. (handbells) Abbreviation of pluck.

Anagrams

• LP, L/P, lp

Dutch

Proper noun

PL f

1. (Suriname, politics) Initialism of Pertjajah Luhur.
2. (Suriname, public transport) Initialism of Paramaribo-Lelydorp.

Anagrams

• lp

Finnish

Noun

PL

1. Abbreviation of perustuslaki.

French

Noun

PL m (plural PL)

1. Initialism of poids lourd.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɛl/

Noun

PL (first-person possessive PLku, second-person possessive PLmu, third-person possessive PLnya)

1. Initialism of pemeriksaan luar (“external examination”).

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe ˈɛ.li/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe ˈɛ.li/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe ˈɛ.le/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe ˈɛ.lɨ/

Noun

PL m (invariable)

1. Initialism of projeto de lei (“bill”).

Proper noun

PL m

1. (Brazil, politics) Initialism of Partido Liberal, a Brazilian right-wing populist political party.

Somali

Noun

PL

1. Abbreviation of Puntland.