al
noun
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al-variant of ad- before l: allure.
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-ala 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.
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Al-a word in Arabic names meaning “family” or “the house of ”.
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al.abbreviationother things.
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AL.abbreviationAnglo-Latin.
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a.l.abbreviationautograph letter.
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A.L.
A.L.abbreviationAmerican League.
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American
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Baseball. American League.
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American Legion.
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Anglo-Latin.
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Alabama
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(in the US and Canada) American League (of baseball teams)
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Albania (international car registration)
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indicating an aldehyde
ethanal
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indicating a pharmaceutical product
phenobarbital
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Etymology
Origin of al1
From the Hindi word āl
Origin of -al6
< Latin ālis, -āle; often replacing Middle English -el < Old French
Origin of -al7
< Latin -āle (singular), -ālia (plural), nominalized neuter of -ālis -al 1; often replacing Middle English -aille < Old French < Latin -ālia
Origin of -al8
Presumed to be short for aldehyde
Origin of Al-9
From the Arabic word āl family
Origin of al.10
From the Latin word alia
Origin of al.11
From the Latin word aliī
Example Sentences
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Akriila’s new album “Lucy Miró al Mundo y Notó Que Está Girando” has made her the toast of the Latin indiesphere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
A big wild card for the project remains al-Shabaab, the al Qaeda affiliate that has expanded its war against the Somali government into border areas of Kenya.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The New York taco shop opened in 2013, earned a devoted following for its al pastor and handmade tortillas, and eventually grew to nine locations.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
“First of all, I just want to be really clear: It’s not my priority,” Hilton said as my father silently scarfed down his al pastor burrito.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
“Ma’am, I m making inquiries al >out the late Shotgun Cheatham.”
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
More importantly, he provided for the Godolphin Stable of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai its first victory in the Derby and the Classic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
With chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak and chief executive Ferran Soriano keeping a close eye on proceedings at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, the City manager has issues to address across the pitch.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Meanwhile, the group Al Otro Lado provides legal assistance.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
He gigged at Nashville nightclubs until he landed his first record contract with the support of music publisher Al Gallico; he signed with Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
After Uncle Al recovers from his violent but short-lived bereavement, he organizes a farewell befitting “our beloved Lucinda.”
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Alvarez is all but certain to be named AL MVP, and there is no question about his value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Eight of the dozen have payrolls in the top 10, with the defending AL champion Toronto Blue Jays joining the Mets as supreme underachievers given their No. 5-ranked payroll of $275.4 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Yankees lost 13 fewer games than the AL West champion Houston Astros and 10 fewer games than the AL Central champion Guardians, both seeded ahead of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The AL Central, with the White Sox and Cleveland Guardians engaged in a sad war of attrition, isn’t much better than the West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Putting a couple of charpoys outside, we managed a few hours' sleep AL FRESCO, in spite of the flies and mosquitoes innumerable, who lost no time in taking possession of their new property.
From Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by William Henry Knight
I went there a lot in 2015, to negotiate the terms of an interview with Bashar al- Assad.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
This illustration from al-Biruni’s fourteenth-century history called al-Athar al- Baqiyah depicts the prophet Abraham destroying idols that were being worshipped instead of the one God.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
He has openly worried about the potential return of al- Qaida and instability in Afghanistan and criticized the deal then-U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2021
Former U.S. attorney and white-collar crime lawyer Robert S. Mueller III took office one week before the al- Qaeda attacks, and he presided over a wholesale revamp of the bureau’s counterterrorism efforts.
From Washington Post ● May 9, 2017
Though many of the locals still call it Fouad Street, it is now known variously as Tariq Abd el-Nasser, Tariq al- Hurriyyah, and Ishak Nadim Street.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
The names for aldehyde and ketone compounds are derived using similar nomenclature rules as for alkanes and alcohols, and include the class-identifying suffixes -al and -one, respectively:
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Semeiolog′ic, -al, pertaining to semeiology; Semeiot′ic, relating to signs, symptomatic.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Syndetic, -al, sin-det′ik, -al, adj. connecting by conjunctions, &c.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Sciat′ic, -al, pertaining to, or affecting, the hip, ischiac.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Uncanonic, -al, un-ka-non′ik, -al, adj. not agreeable to the canons, not according to the canon of Scripture.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The former educational institute in the city of Al- Hasakah holds about 5,000 men - suspected fighters or supporters of IS.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
Power often rested in the hands of local governors, who exploited regional tensions or weaknesses to establish their own dynasties and even their own rival caliphates, as in Al- Andalus.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
MBC Group, the Middle East's largest media company, and Al- Sharq News, a newly created television news channel, have also internally discussed plans to move to Riyadh, the sources said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2021
“Our main concern should be for this drought in Ethiopia not to degenerate into a famine,” said the humanitarian envoy, Ahmed Al- Meraikhi.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2017
"That is a longsword, not an old man's cane," Ser Al- liser said sharply.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
And Shannon and Narducy et. al. manifest all of this onstage.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
They can be technically proficient, maybe even a little funny, but there is always an underlying cadence of the uncanny valley that I still doubt Suno v6 pro et al. or whatever has totally overcome.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
The paper, titled "Single-nucleus chromatin accessibility profiling identifies cell types and functional variants contributing to major depression" by Anjali Chawla and Gustavo Turecki et al., was published in Nature Genetics.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026
To get around this awkwardness, Winthrop et al. propagated the notion—formalized in the colony’s 1629 seal—that the Native Americans needed the new settlers for their own good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
In 1993, a study by Rauscher et al. was published, which looked at the possible correlations between listening to different types of music and intelligence.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
AL. šitim, šidim = idinnu is usually written with the sign GIM, Poebel, PBS.
From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Stephen Langdon
Projected videos of rushing rivers and roiling seas mix effortlessly with disparate photographs of human gender fluidity, which marks the people in A.L.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024
He went into play leading A.L. rookies in homers, RBIs, runs and was tied for first place in hits.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
Still, I studied Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe in graduate school back in the 1970s; remember when A.L.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023
Yankees survive: The Bronx will be buzzing tonight for a deciding Game 5 of the A.L.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
Mr. Pedro A. Paterno, member, whose work had been confined to the Philippine Islands, resigned in August, 1904, and was succeeded by Mr. A.L.
From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
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