al-pref. Variant of ad-..American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.al- var. of ad- before l: allure. -al1 , 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). Compare -ical, -ar 1, -ial. [
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AlThe symbol for aluminum.ALabbr.1. Alabama2. Baseball American League3. Arab League4. artificial lifeAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.al the internet domain name for (Computer Science) Albania Al the chemical symbol for (Chemistry) aluminium AL abbreviation for 1. (Placename) Alabama 2. (Languages) Anglo-Latin 3. (Baseball) (in the US and Canada) American League (of baseball teams) 4. (Automotive Engineering) Albania (international car registration) Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014al- var. of ad- before l: allure. -al1 , 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). Compare -ical, -ar 1, -ial. [
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AlThe symbol for aluminum.ALabbr.1. Alabama2. Baseball American League3. Arab League4. artificial lifeAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.al the internet domain name for (Computer Science) Albania Al the chemical symbol for (Chemistry) aluminium AL abbreviation for 1. (Placename) Alabama 2. (Languages) Anglo-Latin 3. (Baseball) (in the US and Canada) American League (of baseball teams) 4. (Automotive Engineering) Albania (international car registration) Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014al- var. of ad- before l: allure. -al1 , 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). Compare -ical, -ar 1, -ial. [
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-al 1suff. Of, relating to, or characterized by: parental.[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -?lis, adj. suff.]-al 2suff. Action; process: retrieval.[Middle English -aille, from Old French, from Latin -?lia, from neuter pl. of -?lis.]-al 3suff. Aldehyde: citronellal.[From al(dehyde).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-al suffix forming adjectives of; related to; connected with: functional; sectional; tonal. [from Latin -?lis]-al suffix forming nouns the act or process of doing what is indicated by the verb stem: rebuttal; recital; renewal. [via Old French -aille, -ail, from Latin -?lia, neuter plural used as substantive, from -?lis -al1]-al suffix forming nouns 1. indicating an aldehyde: ethanal. 2. (Pharmacology) indicating a pharmaceutical product: phenobarbital. [shortened from aldehyde]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014al- var. of ad- before l: allure. -al1 , 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). Compare -ical, -ar 1, -ial. [