Al

¹

[al]

noun

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

-al

²

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

al.

³

abbreviation

1. other things.

Al

⁴

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. aluminum.

-al

⁵

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

   denial; refusal.

al.

⁶

abbreviation

1. other persons.

-al

⁷

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

   chloral.

al

⁸

[ahl]

noun

1. Indian mulberry.

AL

⁹

abbreviation

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

2. Anglo-Latin.

al-

¹⁰

1. variant of ad- before l: allure.

Al-

¹¹

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

   Al-Saud, or the members of the house of Saud.

AL.

¹²

abbreviation

1. Anglo-Latin.

a.l.

¹³

abbreviation

1. autograph letter.

A.L.

¹⁴

abbreviation

1. Baseball.,  American League.

2. American Legion.

3. Anglo-Latin.

AL

¹

abbreviation

1. Alabama

2. Anglo-Latin

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

4. Albania (international car registration)

-al

²

suffix

1. indicating an aldehyde

   ethanal

2. indicating a pharmaceutical product

   phenobarbital

-al

³

suffix

1. of; related to; connected with

   functional

   sectional

   tonal

-al

⁴

suffix

1. the act or process of doing what is indicated by the verb stem

   rebuttal

   recital

   renewal

Al

⁵

symbol

1. aluminium

al

⁶

abbreviation

1. Albania

Word History and Origins

Origin of Al¹

< Latin ālis, -āle; often replacing Middle English -el < Old French

Origin of Al²

From the Latin word alia

Origin of Al³

< Latin -āle (singular), -ālia (plural), nominalized neuter of -ālis -al ¹; often replacing Middle English -aille < Old French < Latin -ālia

Origin of Al⁴

From the Latin word aliī

Origin of Al⁵

Presumed to be short for aldehyde

Origin of Al⁶

From the Hindi word āl

Origin of Al⁷

From the Arabic word āl family

Word History and Origins

Origin of Al¹

shortened from _aldehyde

Origin of Al²

from Latin -ālis

Origin of Al³

via Old French -aille, -ail, from Latin -ālia, neuter plural used as substantive, from -ālis _-al ¹

Example Sentences

Harris was at the funeral, along with other former US Vice-Presidents Mike Pence and Al Gore.

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Prosecutors on Thursday told the court that Wassim Al M. had "internalised IS ideology, rejected the Western way of life, and was convinced that a holy war against infidels must be waged worldwide".

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I worked night and day to get it right, often with one of my colleagues, engineer Al Hamer, whom I collaborated with on several reports.

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An Al Jazeera journalist was shot and injured while covering a demonstration by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank that was dispersed by Israeli soldiers, AFP journalists witnessed on Tuesday.

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The boats had set off from Al Khums, a port city in northwestern Libya, the organisation said.

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