"FL" meaning in English

See FL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: En-au-FL.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} FL
  1. Florida, a state of the United States of America. Categories (place): Florida, USA, States of the United States
    Sense id: en-FL-en-name-blYdG5cT Disambiguation of Florida, USA: 97 1 0 1 1 Disambiguation of States of the United States: 98 0 0 1 1
  2. Flevoland, a province of the Netherlands.
    Sense id: en-FL-en-name-kMS~giCS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: effell, Fl

Noun

Audio: En-au-FL.ogg [Australia] Forms: FLs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} FL (plural FLs)
  1. Abbreviation of foreign language. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: foreign language
    Sense id: en-FL-en-noun-XIaHKt0~
  2. (aviation) Abbreviation of flight level. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: flight level Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-FL-en-noun-WYl4fmHj Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (slang, now chiefly historical) Abbreviation of French letter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, slang Alternative form of: French letter
    Sense id: en-FL-en-noun-M6TmzlbB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 10 19 8 29 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 10 7 13 30 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: effell, Fl

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for FL meaning in English (4.1kB)

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