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-al
-al 1suff. Of, relating to, or characterized by: parental.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -ālis, adj. suff.]
-al 2suff. Action; process: retrieval.
[Middle English -aille, from Old French, from Latin -ālia, from neuter pl. of -ālis.]
-al 3suff. Aldehyde: citronellal.
[From al(dehyde).]-al suffix forming adjectives of; related to; connected with: functional; sectional; tonal. [from Latin -ālis]
-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 -ālia, neuter plural used as substantive, from -ālis -al1]
-al suffix forming nouns 1. indicating an aldehyde: ethanal. 2. (Pharmacology) indicating a pharmaceutical product: phenobarbital. [shortened from aldehyde]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. EncyclopediaSeeal--al
-al [L. adj. suffix -al-] 1. A suffix meaning relating to, as in abdominal, intestinal. 2. In chemistry, a suffix indicating an aldehyde. |