Al

¹ American  

[al] / æl /

noun

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

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-al ² 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- (-ar ); recent lapses in this rule have produced semantically distinct pairs, as familiar and familial.

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al. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. other things.

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Al ⁴ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. aluminum.

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-al ⁵ American  

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

   denial; refusal.

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al. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. other persons.

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-al ⁷ American  

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

   chloral.

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al ⁸ American  

[ahl] / ɑl /

noun

1. Indian mulberry.

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AL ⁹ American  

abbreviation

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

2. Anglo-Latin.

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al- ¹⁰ American  

1. variant of ad- before l: allure.

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Al- ¹¹ American  

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

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

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AL. ¹² American  

abbreviation

1. Anglo-Latin.

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a.l. ¹³ American  

abbreviation

1. autograph letter.

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A.L. ¹⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Baseball. American League.

2. American Legion.

3. Anglo-Latin.

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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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-al ⁴ British  

suffix

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

   rebuttal

   recital

   renewal

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Al ⁵ British  

symbol

1. aluminium

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al ⁶ British  

abbreviation

1. Albania

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Etymology

Origin of -al²

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

Origin of al.³

From the Latin word alia

Origin of -al⁵

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

Origin of al.⁶

From the Latin word aliī

Origin of -al⁷

Presumed to be short for aldehyde

Origin of al⁸

From the Hindi word āl

Origin of Al-¹¹

From the Arabic word āl family

Example Sentences

To that end, Al Mubarak will be at the centre of the process to appoint Guardiola's eventual replacement.

From BBC

With U.S. forces moving into place, Middle Eastern powers have launched a flurry of diplomatic efforts that included an unannounced visit to Tehran by Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Qatari premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al, who also serves as foreign minister, held talks in Iran Saturday to try to "de-escalate tensions", the kingdom's foreign ministry said.

From Barron's

While the U.S. already had Patriots at some locations in the Gulf, satellite imagery shows that an additional Patriot was set up at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar over the past week.

From The Wall Street Journal

But I started to figure out that Al wasn’t telling me the whole truth before I knew my times tables.

From The Wall Street Journal