al

See also: Appendix:Variations of "al"

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Translingual

Alternative forms

• aL

Symbol

al

1. (metrology) Symbol for attoliter (attolitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10⁻¹⁸ liters (litres).

English

Etymology 1

From Hindi आल (āl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æl/, /ɑːl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æl, -ɑːl

Noun

al (usually uncountable, plural als)

1. The Indian mulberry, Morinda citrifolia, especially as used to make dye.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:al.

Translations

Indian mulberry — see Indian mulberry

Etymology 2

Multiple parts of speech

al

1. Archaic form of all.
   • c. 1522 (date written), Thomas More, “A Treatyce (Vnfynyshed) vppon These Wordes of Holye Scrypture, Memorare Nouissima, & Ineternum non Peccabis, Remember the Last Thynges, and Thou shalt Neuer Synne. […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book I, page 80, column 1:

     Now if ye felt your belly in ſuche caſe, that ye muſt be fayne al daye to tende it with warme clothes, oꝛ els ye were not able to abide the payne, would ye recken your belly ſicke oꝛ whole? I wene ye would recken your belly not in good quart.

References

• “al”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “al”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "al" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

• L. A., L.A., LA, La, La-, La., la, lä

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch al, from Middle Dutch al, from Old Dutch al, from Proto-West Germanic *all.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al/

• Audio:

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Adverb

al

1. already

Adjective

al (attributive alle, not comparable)

1. all; every

Conjunction

al

1. even though, although

Asturian

Contraction

al m sg

1. contraction of a el (“to the”)

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *āl.

Adjective

al (comparative daha al, superlative ən al)

1. dark red, blood red, crimson

   Synonym: qırmızı

Etymology 2

Verb

al

1. second-person singular imperative of almaq

Further reading

• “al” in Obastan.com.