-al
suffix/əl//æl/
Etymology
From Middle English -al, from the Latin adjective suffix -ālis, or French, Middle French and Old French -el, -al. Distant doublet of -ar.
- inherited from -al
Definitions
Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce…
Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.
- base + -al → basal
- cranium + -al → cranial
- spine + -al → spinal
Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
- propose + -al → proposal
- deny + -al → denial
- bestow + -al → bestowal
Forms the names of aldehydes.
The neighborhood
- neighbor-an
- neighbor-ar
- neighbor-ate
- neighbor-ese
- neighbor-esque
- neighbor-ian
- neighbor-id
- neighbor-ing
- neighbor-ish
- neighbor-like
- neighbor-oid
- neighbor-ory
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for -al. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA