-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

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

Instead, we learned, just seven foreign nationals had been brought to Lithuania and only Ales Bialiatski of the Belarusians.

From BBC

"Optimism and activism," Ales Bialiatski told them, with a sudden smile.

From BBC

The Nobel Peace prize winner Ales Bialiatski has also been released from a 10-year sentence.

From BBC

After a short time inside the US embassy, Ales Bialiatski emerged onto the street to ecstatic cheers from the crowd.

From BBC