-ales

American  

Botany.

1. a suffix of names of orders.

   Cycadales.

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-ales British  

suffix

1. denoting plants belonging to an order

   Rosales

   Filicales

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Etymology

Origin of -ales

< Latin plural of -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

Ginger ales and tuna melts are had.

From BBC

When American Breezy Johnson won gold in the women’s downhill Sunday, her technician, Ales Sopotnik, was nearby pulling for her — but avoided watching the large videoboard at the bottom of the run.

From Los Angeles Times

This was one of the first ales he made in his Overtone brewery in Glasgow.

From BBC

I believe it means the Pickled Onion owes me a few ginger ales and perhaps a chicken dinner for my suffering.

From Literature

Last month Lukashenko, who has referred to himself as “the last and only dictator in Europe,” released 123 prisoners, including Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski and opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava.

From The Wall Street Journal