al-

1. var. of ad- before

   l: allure.

   Category: Affix

-al

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, usu. with bases of Latin origin (accidental; seasonal; tribal).

   Category: Affix

   Ref: Compare -ical, -ar1, 2 1 -ial.

Origin of -al:

< L -ālis, -āle

-al

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

   denial; refusal.

   Category: Affix

Origin of -al:

< L -āle (sing.), -ālia (pl.), nominalized neut. of -ālis -al1; often r. ME -aille < OF < L -ālia

-al

1. a suffix used in the names of chemical compounds that contain an aldehyde group:

   acetal; furfural.

   Category: Chemistry, Affix

Origin of -al:

prob. extracted from chloral

AL

1. Alabama.

2. Anglo-Latin.

   Category: Peoples

Al^*

1. aluminum.

   Category: Chemistry

^* Chem. Symbol..

AL

al.

1. other things.

2. other persons.

Origin of al.:

< L alia]; [< L aliī

A.L.

1. American League.

   Category: Sport

2. American Legion.

   Category: Titles, Associations, Organizations