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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.abbreviationAmerican League.
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Baseball. American League.
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American Legion.
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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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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
I love a party, but lately the trick has been to spend time with loved ones and feed them well with easy recipes like chicken piccata, flan, spaghetti al limone and this caramelized-corn salad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
Lola says, joking, al though kind of not.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
UAE authorities said on Thursday that the incident is affecting beaches near the northern city of Umm Al Quwain and verified video from Friday shows the oil washing ashore, colouring the water black.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Before “Fortitude,” his only film credits were as co-executive producer on little-seen movies directed by Al Pacino and Johnny Depp that he helped finance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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
Federal prosecutors have for decades used tax-fraud allegations as a tool of enforcement, including when Internal Revenue Service investigators helped nab Al Capone after other law-enforcement agencies had failed to bring him to heel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
When Uncle Al stands up on the carriage, they fall silent.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
No AL team had bunted this often since 2011, meaning the nerdiest organization in the sport has brought back a play that data wonks spent a quarter-century trying to eliminate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 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
Not even the presence of AL MVP favorite Yordan Alvarez has turned the Astros into anything better than a club desperate to stay above .500.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Three AL West teams—the Astros, Athletics and Los Angeles Angels—fired their general managers during the season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Draw GR perpendicular to GK to meet the horizontal AL in R, and draw RQC′K perpendicular to the axis Gz, and KC perpendicular to LG.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 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
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
“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
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
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
Sycophant′ic, -al, Sycophant′ish, like a sycophant: obsequiously flattering: parasitic.—v.i.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Satir′ic, -al, pertaining to, or conveying, satire: sarcastic: abusive.—adv.
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
Explain why it does or does not support Plato’s and Al- Farabi’s position.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
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
Al-Awlaki is a U.S. and Yemeni citizen said by the U.S. to be a senior planner for Al- Qaeda, the Islamist group founded by Bin Laden.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 7, 2011
I put my clothes on and came into the waiting area where Esther, Leslie, and Al- haji sat.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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
To understand how severe these losses were, Cano et al. carried out extensive field surveys of D. africanum at 76 sites across the seven main islands of the archipelago.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2025
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 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
The book’s title references an Atlantic magazine article in which Winkler hypothesized that Emilia Bassano Lanier — hitherto best known as A.L.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
The Angels, 21-11 after Tuesday’s game, continued to lead the A.L.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2022
The Doctor wheeled about and encountered the genial countenance of Mr. A.L.
From Doctor Jones' Picnic by S. E. (Samuel E.) Chapman
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