AL

Multiple Entries:
  AL    Al    -al    ad-    al-    aluminium  

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AL

▶abbreviation

• 1 Alabama (in official postal use).

• 2 American League (in baseball).

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Al

▶symbol the chemical element aluminium.

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-al

▶suffix

• 1 (forming adjectives from Latin, Greek, or English words) relating to; of the kind of: tidal.

• 2 forming nouns chiefly denoting verbal action: arrival.

– origin Sense 1 from Fr. -el or L. -alis; sense 2 from Fr. -aille or from L. -alis functioning as a noun ending.

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ad- /ad/ (also a- before sc, sp, st; ac- before c, k, q; af- before f; ag- before g; al- before l; an- before n; ap- before p; ar- before r; as- before s; at- before t)

▶prefix

• 1 denoting motion or direction to: advance.

• 2 denoting reduction or change into: adulterate.

• 3 denoting addition or increase: adjunct.

– origin from L. ad ‘to’.

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al-/al/

▶prefix variant spelling of ad- assimilated before -l (as in alleviate).

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aluminium /al(j)ʊˈmɪnɪəm/ (US aluminum /əˈluːmɪnəm/)

▶noun a strong, light, corrosion-resistant silvery-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 13. (Symbol: Al)

– derivatives
aluminize (or aluminise /əˈl(j)uːmɪnʌɪz/) verb,
aluminous adjective.

– origin C19: from alumina + -ium.