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-al 1

suff.
Of, relating to, or characterized by: parental.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -ālis, adj. suff.]

-al 2

suff.
Action; process: retrieval.
[Middle English -aille, from Old French, from Latin -ālia, from neuter pl. of -ālis.]

-al 3

suff.
Aldehyde: citronellal.
[From al(dehyde).]
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-al

suffix forming adjectives
of; related to; connected with: functional; sectional; tonal.
[from Latin -ālis]

-al

suffix forming nouns
the act or process of doing what is indicated by the verb stem: rebuttal; recital; renewal.
[via Old French -aille, -ail, from Latin -ālia, neuter plural used as substantive, from -ālis -al1]

-al

suffix forming nouns
1. indicating an aldehyde: ethanal.
2. (Pharmacology) indicating a pharmaceutical product: phenobarbital.
[shortened from aldehyde]
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al-

var. of ad- before l: allure.

-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, usu. with bases of Latin origin (accidental; seasonal; tribal). Compare -ical, -ar 1, -ial.
[< Latin -ālis, -āle]

-al2

,
a suffix forming nouns from verbs, usu. verbs of French or Latin origin: denial; refusal.
[< Latin -āle (singular), -ālia (pl.), nominalized neuter of -ālis -al1; often replacing Middle English -aille < Old French < Latin -ālia]

-al3

,
a suffix used in the names of chemical compounds that contain an aldehyde group: acetal; furfural.
[probably extracted from chloral]

AL

1. Alabama.
2. Anglo-Latin.

Al


Chem. Symbol.
aluminum.

AL

al.

1. other things.
[< Latin alia]
2. other persons.
[< Latin aliī]

A.L.

1. American League.
2. American Legion.
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