lvalue
l·val·ue/ˈɛl.væl.juː/noun
lvalue is spelled L-V-A-L-U-E: 6 letters and 3 syllables (l·val·ue). It appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lvalue means “A value that can be treated as an address or storage location” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lvalue is lvalues.
How many letters and syllables are in lvalue?
| Letters | 6: L-V-A-L-U-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: l·val·ue |
| In writing | about once in every 93 million words; the 309,272nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is lvalue?
Lvalue appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lvalue?
- /ˈɛl.væl.juː/
Lvalue has 3 syllables, split l·val·ue in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-lvalue.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of lvalue
- lvalues plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lvalue mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A value that can be treated as an address or storage location.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lvalue come from?
From L + value, where L stands for left-hand side (of an assignment). In the context of the C programming language it is sometimes re-explained as locator value.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).