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a word in Arabic names meaning “family” or “the house of”: Al-Saud, or the members of the house of Saud.
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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, usually with bases of Latin origin (accidental; seasonal; tribal). Originally, -al1 was restricted to stems not containing an -l- (cf. -ar1); recent lapses in this rule have produced semantically distinct pairs, as familiar and familial.
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a suffix forming nouns from verbs, usually verbs of French or Latin origin: denial; refusal.
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Chemistry. a suffix indicating that a compound contains an aldehyde group: chloral.
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Baseball. American League.
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How to use al in a sentence
The influential al Qaeda propagandist, who was born in New Mexico, died in a U.S. drone strike later that year.
The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
According to a Yemeni intelligence source, Saïd met with the notorious U.S. preacher Anwar al Awlaki.
Two witnesses outside the Charlie Hebdo office building quoted the Kouachi brothers claiming they were members of al Qaeda.
There is a particular focus in the magazine on attacking the United States, which al Qaeda calls a top target.U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre | Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
When the exact sense was lost, the suffix -al seemed to be adjectival, and the word dismal became at last an adjective.Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey Chaucer
The Provençal has not even the formal distinction of the nouns in al, which in French make their plural in aux.Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
The emphatic al places the alchemist as much above the ordinary chemist as the gold which he obtains is superior to other metals.A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
So also:—'Tempest thee nat thus with al thy fortune'; Boeth.Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey Chaucer
"No al fresco dining tonight," said John, as the darkening sky was veined by a sudden spray of blue-green light.The Medici Boots | Pearl Norton Swet
British Dictionary definitions for al (1 of 6)
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British Dictionary definitions for AL (3 of 6)
(in the US and Canada) American League (of baseball teams)
Albania (international car registration)
British Dictionary definitions for -al (4 of 6)
of; related to; connected with: functional; sectional; tonal
British Dictionary definitions for -al (5 of 6)
the act or process of doing what is indicated by the verb stem: rebuttal; recital; renewal
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indicating an aldehyde: ethanal
indicating a pharmaceutical product: phenobarbital
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Scientific definitions for Al
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