-ial


-ial

suff. Of, relating to, or characterized by: baronial.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -iālis.]

-ial

suffix forming adjectives of; relating to; connected with: managerial. [from Latin -iālis, adj suffix; compare -al1]

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. [< Latin -ālis, -āle]

-al2

, a suffix forming nouns from verbs, usu. verbs of French or Latin origin: denial; refusal.[< Latin -āle (singular), -ālia (pl.), nominalized neuter of -ālis -al1; often replacing Middle English -aille < Old French < Latin -ālia]

-al3

, a suffix used in the names of chemical compounds that contain an aldehyde group: acetal; furfural.[probably extracted from chloral]

AL

1. Alabama. 2. Anglo-Latin.

Al


Chem. Symbol. aluminum.

AL

al.

1. other things. [< Latin alia] 2. other persons. [< Latin aliī]

A.L.

1. American League. 2. American Legion.