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
Symbol, Chemistry.
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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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Anglo-Latin
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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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Any time Al-Drimly heard of attacks in nearby Khan Yunis or Deir al Balah, he would go to check.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Former UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein described him as "the epitome of evil".
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ahmed al Madhoun looked like a man who, despite the hardship, loved life.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Instead, Damascus belongs to Ahmed al-Sharaa, a Sunni leader and former commander of al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, who had fought Hezbollah for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
She kept perking up her ears, catching little glimpses of phrases here and there and working them through her head. “...mata al sol anciano...cuando las sombras...”
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
“Since Oct. 7, there is no mechanism for guaranteeing the well-being of Palestinian citizens,” said Issam Younes, head of Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, a Palestinian rights organization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
They retrieved the bodies of Nadhira Al Harthy, the first Omani woman to climb Everest, and Pur Bahadur Gurung, a Nepalese climber who had summited 12 of the world's 14 highest peaks.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
“How do we get from the Columbian Exchange to Al Qaeda? What would motivate people to create a terrorist group? Why would America be a target?” he asked his class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Berlin rolled out the red carpet for Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who was received with military honours by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and was later to meet Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
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.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Still, the Brewers or Rays almost certainly could have landed Skubal, the two-time reigning AL Cy Young recipient and an impending free agent this winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
In a crowded AL postseason field, Boston’s players were going to be among the most desirable assets on the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
And, despite having won the AL manager of the year award in 1997, it took two years for another team to take a chance on him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Adell was hitless in four at-bats, striking out twice, in the 8-2 loss that dropped the Angels to 23-39, the worst record in the AL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
In like manner PL − AL has the same value, so that PL − PL′ = 2AP sin α.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
"I understand why he is going - to strengthen Saudi-UK relations. I have no problem with him going… Prince William has a privileged place and opportunity to speak to Mohammed bin Salman," al- Masarir said.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
I went there a lot in 2015, to negotiate the terms of an interview with Bashar al- Assad.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
The famous philosopher al- Ghazali served in the courts of Seljuk sultans.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
“All Arab countries felt the joy for us and helped us feel the joy,” Yassin al- Youssfi, said as he poured Moroccan tea wearing the team’s bright red shirt.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
I wanted to tell her about my dream where a man chased me down a rocky path littered with bruised al- lamanda leaves.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
Sermon′ic, -al, having the character of a sermon.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Schismat′ic, -al, tending to, or of the nature of, schism.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Stō′ic, -al, pertaining to the Stoics, or to their opinions; indifferent to pleasure or pain.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Syllogis′tic, -al, pertaining to a syllogism: in the form of a syllogism.—adv.
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
Former Disney head honcho Bob Iger, et al., owning the Lakers?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Madison, Hamilton, et al. would wonder at our credulous view of human nature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
"Subsecond dopamine fluctuations do not specify the vigor of ongoing actions" by Haixin Liu and Nicolas Tritsch et al., was published in Nature Neuroscience.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2025
Levy would finish out his career working with Spielberg et al., retiring in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
In a 2006 study, Tallal et al. suggest relationships between musical training, auditory processing, language, and literary skills.
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
What Judge is doing in light of his murky contractual future is incredible — he’s currently the favorite to win A.L.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
The discussion ended in a motion by the Hon. A.L.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
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