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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-al1 ,suffix. - -al is used to form adjectives from nouns, with the meaning "relating to, of the kind of, having the form or character of:'' autumn + -al → autumnal (= relating to the season autumn);
nature + -al → natural (= having the character of nature). -al2 ,suffix. - -al is used to form nouns from verbs, with the meaning "the act of:'' deny + -al → denial (= the act of denying);
refuse + -al → refusal (= the act of refusing). AL, an abbreviation of:- Alabama.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -al suffix forming adjectives - of; related to; connected with: functional, sectional, tonal
Etymology: from Latin -ālis -al suffix forming nouns - the act or process of doing what is indicated by the verb stem: rebuttal, recital, renewal
Etymology: via Old French -aille, -ail, from Latin -ālia, neuter plural used as substantive, from -ālis -al1 -al suffix forming nouns - indicating an aldehyde: ethanal
- indicating a pharmaceutical product: phenobarbital
Etymology: shortened from aldehyde WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024al (äl),USA pronunciation n. - Plant BiologySee Indian mulberry.
Al (al),USA pronunciation n. - Chemistrya male given name: form of Albert, Alfred, Aloysius.
à l', - form of à la used for either gender before a vowel or h.
al-, - var. of ad- before l: allure.
Al-, - a word in Arabic names meaning "family'' or "the house of '':Al-Saud, or the members of the house of Saud.
-al1 : - a suffix with the general sense "of the kind of, pertaining to, having the form or character of'' that named by the stem, occurring in loanwords from Latin (autumnal;
natural; pastoral), and productive in English on the Latin model, usually with bases of Latin origin (accidental; seasonal; tribal). Originally, -al1 was restricted to stems not containing an -l- (cf.-ar1); recent lapses in this rule have produced semantically distinct pairs, as familiar and familial. Cf. -ical, ial.
- Old French
- Latin ālis, -āle; often replacing Middle English -el
-al2 : - a suffix forming nouns from verbs, usually verbs of French or Latin origin: denial;
refusal.
- Latin -ālia
- Old French
- Latin -āle (singular), -ālia (plural), nominalized neuter of -ālis -al1; often replacing Middle English -aille
-al3 : - [Chem.]a suffix indicating that a compound contains an aldehyde group: chloral.
- presumed to be short for aldehyde
AL, - Alabama (approved esp. for use with zip code).
- Language VarietiesAnglo-Latin.
Al, [Symbol, Chem.]- aluminum.
AL., - Language VarietiesAnglo-Latin.
al., - other things.
- other persons.
A.L., - Sport[Baseball.]American League.
- American Legion.
- Language VarietiesAnglo-Latin.
a.l., - autograph letter.
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