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  • al
    al
    noun
    Indian mulberry.
  • Al
    Al
    noun
    a first name, form of Albert, Alfred, Aloysius.
  • AL
    AL
    abbreviation
    Alabama (approved especially for use with zip code).
  • al-
    al-
    variant of ad- before l: allure.
  • -al
    -al
    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. -ar); recent lapses in this rule have produced semantically distinct pairs, as familiar and familial.
  • Al-
    Al-
    a word in Arabic names meaning “family” or “the house of ”.
  • al.
    al.
    abbreviation
    other things.
  • AL.
    AL.
    abbreviation
    Anglo-Latin.
  • a.l.
    a.l.
    abbreviation
    autograph letter.
  • A.L.
    A.L.
    abbreviation
    American League.

al

1 American  
[ahl] / ɑl /

noun

  1. Indian mulberry.

Al 2 American  
[al] / æl /

noun

  1. a first name, form of Albert, Alfred, Aloysius.

Al 3 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.

  1. aluminum.

AL 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Alabama (approved especially for use with zip code).

  2. Anglo-Latin.

al- 5 American  

  1. variant of ad- before l: allure.

-al 6 American  

  1. 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. -ar); recent lapses in this rule have produced semantically distinct pairs, as familiar and familial.

-al 7 American  

  1. a suffix forming nouns from verbs, usually verbs of French or Latin origin.

    denial; refusal.
-al 8 American  

  1. Chemistry. a suffix indicating that a compound contains an aldehyde group.

    chloral.
Al- 9 American  

  1. a word in Arabic names meaning “family” or “the house of ”.

    Al-Saud, or the members of the house of Saud.
al. 10 American  

abbreviation

  1. other things.

al. 11 American  

abbreviation

  1. other persons.

AL. 12 American  

abbreviation

  1. Anglo-Latin.

a.l. 13 American  

abbreviation

  1. autograph letter.

A.L. 14 American  

abbreviation

  1. Baseball. American League.

  2. American Legion.

  3. Anglo-Latin.

AL 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Alabama

  2. Anglo-Latin

  3. (in the US and Canada) American League (of baseball teams)

  4. Albania (international car registration)

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-al 2 British  

suffix

  1. indicating an aldehyde

    ethanal

  2. indicating a pharmaceutical product

    phenobarbital
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-al 3 British  

suffix

  1. of; related to; connected with

    functional

    sectional

    tonal
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