L1

noun

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

Meanings

L11

nounL1 (plural L1s)

plural L1s

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

    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.

    2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1085

L12

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

L13

nounL1 (uncountable)
  1. Short for first level in various contexts.
    1. uncountablecomputingThe first-level cache of a processor, closer to the processor than the second-level cache.

      Writing of the L1 is performed one cache line at a time and can be 64 bytes or 32 bytes.

      2009, Sandeep Koranne, Practical Computing on the Cell Broadband Engine, →ISBN, page 22
    2. uncountablecomputingThe physical layer in the seven-layer OSI network model.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

L1 · noun

From Language 1 (“first language”).

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Translations

French L1
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German L1
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Japanese L1 (L1)
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Polish L1
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Cite this entry
APA

L1. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/L1

MLA

“L1.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/L1. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “L1,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/L1.

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