LP

See also: lp and lp.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛlˈpiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: LP

Noun

LP (countable and uncountable, plural LPs)

1. (music, countable) Initialism of long-play.

   Synonyms: album, record, licorice pizza

   Coordinate terms: EP, SLP, SP, 33, 45, 78, single

2. (business, law) Initialism of limited partnership.

   Coordinate terms: LLP, LLLP, LLC

3. Liquid petroleum, or liquified petroleum, a fuel used for cooking.
4. Liquid propane.
5. (aerospace) Initialism of landing pad.

   Coordinate terms: LPD, LPV

6. (military) Abbreviation of listening post.
7. (medicine) Abbreviation of lumbar puncture.
8. (mathematics) Abbreviation of linear programming.
9. (Internet) Abbreviation of landing page.
10. (online gaming, Internet) Initialism of let's play.
11. Initialism of little person.
12. (finance) Abbreviation of liquidity provider.

    Synonyms: MM, market maker

13. (programming) Initialism of literate programming.
14. Initialism of lactase persistence.

Proper noun

LP

1. (US, politics, uncountable) The Libertarian Party of the United States.
2. (Australia) Initialism of Liberal Party.
3. (Philippine politics) Initialism of Liberal Party.

Further reading

• LP on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• P&L, P/L, PL, Pl., pl, pl.

Chinese

Etymology

Initialism of Hokkien 𡳞脬 (lān-pha, “scrotum”).

Pronunciation

• (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore) IPA^(key): /lan²²⁻²¹ pʰa⁴⁴/
• (Zhangpu) IPA^(key): /lan³³⁻¹¹ pʰa⁵⁵/
• (Taipei, Tainan) IPA^(key): /lan³³⁻¹¹ pʰa⁴⁴/
• (Kinmen) IPA^(key): /lan²²⁻¹² pʰa⁴⁴/
• (Kaohsiung, Yilan) IPA^(key): /lan³³⁻²¹ pʰa⁴⁴/

Noun

LP

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin, euphemistic) cojones; courage; machismo; chutzpah

   • 到底是這些熱愛「中華民國」的政客沒有LP，還是多年來原來只是嘴巴喊喊、騙騙選票？ [MSC, trad.]
     到底是这些热爱「中华民国」的政客没有LP，还是多年来原来只是嘴巴喊喊、骗骗选票？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2005, Tseng Tsung-kai (曾琮愷), Liberty Times: 中華民國 真的消失了 (Editorial: The Republic of China has disappeared)

     Dàodǐ shì zhè xiē rè'ài “Zhōnghuámínguó” de zhèngkè méiyǒu LP, háishì duōnián lái yuánlái zhǐshì zuǐbā hǎn hǎn, piàn piàn xuǎnpiào? [Pinyin]

     Is it really that these crooked politicians, who profess their love for the ROC, just don't have the cojones, or is it all just empty talk, and they've been lying to us all these years just to get votes?

Verb

LP

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin, euphemistic) to brownnose; to kiss up to

   • 立委陳宗義退席時還大罵國親是「不愛台灣」、「只會捧中國的LP」，在場國民黨立委朱鳳芝、洪秀柱也反譏民進黨「只會捧美國的LP」。 [MSC, trad.]
     立委陈宗义退席时还大骂国亲是「不爱台湾」、「只会捧中国的LP」，在场国民党立委朱凤芝、洪秀柱也反讥民进党「只会捧美国的LP」。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2004, Chen Yu-ting (陳鈺婷), Liberty Times: 軍購條例未付委 綠軍退席抗議 (Editorial: Conditions for arms purchases does not meet approval of committee. Pan-Green Coalition walks out in protest.)

     Lìwěi Chén Zōngyì tuìxí shí hái dà mà guó qīn shì “bù ài táiwān”, “zhǐ huì pěng Zhōngguó de LP”, zài chǎng Guómíndǎng lìwěi Zhū Fèngzhī, Hóng Xiùzhù yě fǎnjī Mínjìndǎng “zhǐ huì pěng Měiguó de LP”. [Pinyin]

     As legislator Chen Tsung-i walked out, he cursed the KMT and PFP for "not loving Taiwan," and "only knowing how to kiss China's rear end." KMT legislators Chu Feng-chih and Hung Hsiu-chu shot back that the DPP "only knows how to kiss America's rear end."

Usage notes

• The Hokkien word 𡳞脬 (lān-pha) is considered too crude for polite company. Therefore, LP is often used in its place (similar to the usage of "f-word" in English).

Related terms

• PLP

References

• (Min Nan) “LP”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlpe/

Noun

LP (uncountable)

1. Initialism of lembaga pemasyarakatan.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

LP f

1. (politics) Initialism of Laisvės partija.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛl ˈpɛ/

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Noun

LP nvir pl (indeclinable)

1. (military, in the plural) Abbreviation of Legiony Polskie (Polish military formation founded by Józef Piłsudzki)
   • 2008, Paweł Kosiński, “Legiony to żołnierska nuta”, in Biuletyn IPN‎^[1], numbers 5–6, Warszawa: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-02-12, page 53:

     Jeszcze przez parę lat po wojnie zachował się materialny ślad ich obecności w postaci osady wojennej, zbudowanej w latach 1915–1916 w miejscu postoju Komendy LP, w starym lesie wśród bagien.

     For a few years after the war, a material trace of their presence was still preserved in the form of a war settlement, built in 1915–1916 at the site of the PL Headquarters, in an old forest among the marshes.

2. (forestry, in the plural) Abbreviation of Lasy Państwowe (a state forestry enterprise that cares for the preservation of the natural and landscape values on managed areas)
   • 2005 November 30, (ml), “[Konrad] Tomaszewski sam zrezygnował”, in Dziennik Bałtycki, Gdańsk: "Polskapresse": Oddział "Prasa Prasa Bałtycka", →ISSN, →OCLC:

     LP otrzymały las, a spółdzielnia atrakcyjne działki budowlane, na których później stanęły domy m. in. polityków AWS. Drugi proces dotyczy sprzedaży gminnego żwirowiska na Kaszubach i uchylenia kary za nielegalną wycinkę lasu na tym terenie.

     The SF received the forest and the cooperative received attractive building plots, on which later houses of, among other things, SEA politicians were erected. The second trial concerns the sale of a communal gravel pit in Kashubia and the revocation of a fine for illegal logging in the area.

   • 2003 November 30, <matyslandia@neo.pl>, “Pomózmy^{[sic – meaning Pomóżmy]} ochronić osdtatnie^{[sic – meaning ostatnie]} naturalne lasy Europy!”, in pl.sci.lesnictwo (Usenet):

     Cały splendor spłynął na Klub [Gaja], a to przecież LP sponsorowały sadzonki i bardzo często pokrywały koszty transportu. Może by stworzyć kolejne stanowisko we władzach LP od tzw. marketingu społecznego (lub public relations).

     All the glamour went to the [Gaja] Club, and it was, after all, the SF who sponsored the seedlings and very often covered the transport costs. Perhaps another position in the SF authorities could be created from so-called social marketing (or public relations).

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

LP n (indeclinable)

1. (education) Abbreviation of liceum profilowane (vocational upper secondary school)
   • 2008 April 7, (EKT), “Dyrektor zespołu bez liceum”, in Dziennik Polski, Kraków: Jagiellonia, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Placówka ta od września br. funkcjonować będzie bez liceum profilowanego, które Rada Gminy postanowiła zlikwidować z powodu małego zainteresowania nauką w LP (od dwóch lat do szkoły tej nie było naboru).

     As of September this year, the school will operate without the specialised secondary school, which the municipal council decided to abolish due to low interest in studying at the LP (there has been no enrolment at the school for two years).

   • 2003 April 26, Mariusz Urbanek, “Matura z przym rużeniem oka”, in Polityka‎^[2], number 2398, Warszawa: Polityka - Spółdzielnia Pracy, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Mimo to chętnych do LO zgłosiło się znacznie więcej, a w LP wolne miejsca były do końca. Do liceów profilowanych trafiali w efekcie ci uczniowie, którzy nie dostali się gdzie indziej.

     Despite this, there were many more applicants for GELs, and there were vacancies in LPs until the end. As a result, those students who did not get in elsewhere ended up in the specialised secondary schools.

   • 2001 September 24, (apol), “Jakie licea profilowane?”, in Polska Gazeta Krakowska, Kraków: "Polskapresse": Oddział "Prasa Krakowska", →ISSN, →OCLC:

     W Zespole Szkół Mechaniczno-Elektrycznych w Brzesku zostanie utworzone LP o profilach: proakademicki, techniczno-technologiczny[,] i społeczno usługowy […].

     In the Complex of Mechanical-Electrical Schools in Brzesko, an LP will be established with the following profiles: pro-academic, technical-technological[,] and social-service […].

Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from English LP.

Noun

LP m inan (indeclinable)

1. (music) Abbreviation of longplay; płyta długogrająca (a sound recording album, forming a compositional whole)
   • 2004, Roman Radoszewski, Piotr Pysiak, Czesław Niemen: kiedy się dziwić przestanę. Monografia artystyczna [Czesław Niemen: when I stop being surprised. An artistic monograph]‎^[3], 1st revised edition (non-fiction; paperback; in Polish), Warszawa: Iskry, published 2004, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 393:

     Bierze udział w nagraniu suity „Szalony koń” na debiutanckim LP grupy „Budka Suflera”, „Cień wielkiej góry”, wykonując partie improwizowane na minimoogu.

     He takes part in the recording of the suite "Szalony koń" [The Crazy Horse] on the debut LP of the group "Budka Suflera" [The Suffragette], "Cień wielkiej góry" [The Shadow of a Great Mountain], performing improvised parts on the minimoog.

   • 2017 March 2, Trojanowicz, Maciej, “Czym się różni EP-ka od singla i longplaya (LP)? […]”, in Troyann.pl‎^[4] (blog), Pixels On Fire.pl, archived from the original on 2020-10-23, Album długogrający / longplay / LP:

     Niektórzy przyjmują jednak, że LP zaczyna się od ośmiu utworów, co w wielu przypadkach jest kompletną bzdurą, bo są artyści, którzy wydają albumy zawierające 6-7 utworów, których łączna długość jednak przekracza nawet godzinę.

     However, some people assume that an LP starts with eight tracks, which in many cases is complete nonsense, as there are artists who release albums with six to seven tracks whose total length, however, exceeds even an hour.

Further reading

• LP in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• LP in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English LP.

Noun

LP m (plural LPs)

1. LP; long-play (33 rpm vinyl record)

Etymology 2

Initialism.

Noun

LP f (uncountable)

1. Initialism of língua portuguesa.

Spanish

Noun

LP m (plural LP)

1. (music) LP

Further reading

• “LP”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10