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• aL

al

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

From Hindi आल (āl).

• IPA^(key): /æl/, /ɑːl/
• Rhymes: -æl, -ɑːl

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.

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.

• “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.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /al/

al

1. already

al (attributive alle, not comparable)

1. all; every

al

1. even though, although

al m sg

1. Contraction of a el (“to the”).

From Proto-Turkic *āl.

al (comparative daha al, superlative ən al)

1. dark red, blood red, crimson

   Synonym: qırmızı

al

1. second-person singular imperative of almaq

• “al” in Obastan.com.

A grammaticalization of ahal.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /al/ [al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: al

al

1. Used to form yes/no questions.

   Esan al diozu? ― Did you tell her?

It is placed before the verb.

• “al”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “al”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

al

1. the

• ar
• an

• (Central) IPA^(key): /əl/, [əɫ]
  • Homophone: el
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /al/

al m sg

1. Contraction of a el (“at the; to the”).

   Vaig al zoo. ― I go to the zoo.

When el contracts to l' before a vowel, al is not used:

Ens veurem a l'aeroport. ― We'll meet at the airport.

• “al” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

al

1. vermeil

From Old Norse allr (“all”).

• IPA^(key): /al/, [ˈælˀ]

al (neuter alt, plural alle)

1. all
2. any

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑl/
• Hyphenation: al
• Rhymes: -ɑl

al

1. all, all of

   Heb je al het bier opgedronken? ― Did you drink all the beer?

   Van Gogh produceerde al zijn werk gedurende een periode van slechts tien jaar. ― Van Gogh produced all of his work during a period of only ten years.

   Alle olie is uit de tanker gelekt. ― All the oil has leaked out of the tanker.

   Niet alle mensen zijn zo gemeen. ― Not all people are that mean.

• alles

• Afrikaans: al
• Jersey Dutch: ā, āl, ālle (from the inflected form)
• Negerhollands: al, alda
• → Aukan: ala
• → Sranan Tongo: ala

al

1. already

   Het is al negen uur. ― It's 9 o'clock already.

2. yet

   Heb je al een kip gekocht? ― Have you bought a chicken yet?

3. (obsolete, today only in fixed phrases and compounds) emphatic modifier of adverbs

• als

• Petjo: al

al

1. even if

   Synonym: ook al

   Al zou ik het willen... ― Even if I wanted to...

• la

From Latin ille (“that”).

• IPA^(key): /al/
• Hyphenation: al

al (personal)

1. (nominative case) he
2. (accusative case) him

• Becomes l- before a vowel.
• Becomes -el when acting as an enclitic (after a consonant).
• Becomes -l when acting as an enclitic (after a vowel).

al

1. to speak

Likely from Italian al, Catalan al, and Spanish al.

• IPA^(key): [al]
• Hyphenation: al

al

1. to; toward
2. to (indicates indirect object)

   Ŝi donis la libron al siaj gepatroj. ― She gave the book to her (own) parents.

al

1. vermeil

From Old Galician-Portuguese al, from Vulgar Latin *ale, from Latin aliud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

al

1. (obsolete) everything, the rest

   Synonym: o resto

2. (obsolete) other, another

   Synonym: outro

From Leonese al.

al

1. Contraction of a el (“to the (king)”)

Used exclusively preceding the word rei (“king”), when referring to the current King of the land.

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “al”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “al”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Contraction of French ale, from French aller.

• IPA^(key): /al/

al

1. to go

   Synonym: ale

• IPA^(key): /a˥˥/

al

1. showing surpise, or admiration

   Al! Aqqoq aqda/aqma!

   Oh! What a great man/woman!

   Al, zaqqul al!

   Oh, how beautiful it is!

al

1. indication completion of action

   zaq al ― finished eating

2. used with negative sentence

From Proto-Uralic *ëla (“space, area under something, under(neath), the lower (part)”). (Spelled *ala in Uralonet.) Originally it was a noun; today it is used in compound words, see al-.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒl]

al

1. (archaic, rare) lower part of something

• al in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• al in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

al

1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of alur

• IPA^(key): /al/

al

1. Contraction of a la (“to the”).

This is optional, you can also use a l'...

From Proto-Finnic *alla. Cognates include Finnish alla and Estonian all.

In the sense "near", semantic loan from Russian под (pod).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑ/, [ˈɑɫː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑl/, [ˈɑɫ]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑl/, [ˈɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlː, -ɑl
• Hyphenation: al
• Homophone: alle

al

1. (of location) under, underneath

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53:

     Präkkää jää i paukkaa,
     vesi ono al.

     The ice crackles and bangs,
     Water is under it.

   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Kons șommela vesi seisohtaijaa, ni klaziputelin pohjaa jääpi kaks sloijaa: al — liiva, a sen pääl — savi.

     When the cloudy water settles down, two layers will remain on the bottom of the glass bottle: beneath - sand, and above it - clay.

al (+ genitive)

1. (of location) under, underneath

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 135:

     Aitan al ellää kärppä.

     Under the storehouse lives a stoat.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:

     Jään al hänel ei oo kylmä.

     Under the ice they aren't cold.

2. (of location) near, around

   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 77:

     Talvi Moskovan al on pitkä, melkeen 5 kuuta.

     Winter around Moscow is long, almost 5 months.

• (antonym(s) of “under”): pääl (“on top; above”)

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 135
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 10
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 18
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[3], →ISBN, page 33

• IPA^(key): /al/

al

1. Contraction of a le (“to the”).

al

1. Contraction of a el (“at the”).

   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:

     Che mai pioûn biela duon i’iê veisto al mondo,

     That I haven’t ever seen a more beautiful woman in the world,

• all' (before a vowel)
• allo (before a cluster of two consonants other than cl, cr, pl, pr, fl, fr, tr)

• IPA^(key): /al/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: al

al

1. Contraction of a il (“to the, at the”).

al m (feminine all' or alla)

1. (cooking, in the singular) with (an ingredient)

   Synonym: con

   risotto al pecorino ― rice with pecorino cheese

   risotto allo zafferano ― rice with saffron

   pasta all'aglio ― pasta with garlic

• -la, La, la, là

al

1. heavy

al m sg

1. Contraction of a l (“at/to the”).

From Old High German ald, northern variant of alt, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz. Cognate with German alt, English old, Dutch oud, West Frisian âld.

• IPA^(key): /aːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

al (masculine alen, neuter aalt, comparative méi al or eeler, superlative am eelsten)

1. old, aged

   Antonym: jonk

   Vun ale Mënsche kann ee villes léieren. ― There’s a lot to learn from old people.

2. (of food) stale

   Antonym: frësch

   Dat aalt Brout kënne mer de Vulle ginn. ― We can give the stale bread to the birds.

al

1. you (personal pronoun)

al

1. Medial form of ale

From Proto-Nahuan *aatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

al

1. water

From Old Dutch al, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

• IPA^(key): /al/

al

1. all, all of

al

1. completely

al

1. even though, no matter whether

• Dutch: al
  • Afrikaans: al
• Limburgish: al

• “al (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “al (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “al (V)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “al (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “al (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “al (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV

al

1. Alternative form of all
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue:

     And smale foweles maken melodye,
     That slepen al the nyght with open eye-
     (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);

     And many little birds make melody
     That sleep through all the night with open eye
     (So Nature pricks them on to ramp and rage)

al

1. Alternative form of all

   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:

     And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge.

     And with this he was named, as I believe worthily, an excellent ruly and innocent man in all his living.

From Proto-Oceanic *jalan (“path, road”), from Proto-Austronesian *zalan (“path, way”)

al (third person singularly possessed aloa, construct alen)

1. line
2. road, path, way

al

1. (intransitive) to line, draw lines

• alahl

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *zalan

• ala m

Related to Turkish al (“dark red, crimson”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːl/
• Rhymes: -al

al f (Arabic spelling ئال)

1. (war) flag, banner

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “al”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 5

From ala (“to foster, breed”).

al n (definite singular alet, indefinite plural al, definite plural ala)

1. nourishing, fostering
2. a young (farm) animal that one has bred
3. breeding

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

al

1. imperative of ala

• “al” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

al m sg

1. Contraction of a lo (“to the; at the”).

al

1. war

• ol

From Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognates include Old High German al and Old Saxon al.

al

1. all, every

   • 11th century, Hebban olla vogala:

     Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan

     All birds have started to build their nests

2. whole, entire

   • 10th century, Wachtendonck Psalms:

     An allero erthon fuor luit.

     Over the entire world the sound spread.

al

1. completely, wholly

   • ca. 1100, Leiden Willeram:

     Sin buch is elphondbeinin, al underskeithet mit saphiris.

     His stomach is of ivory, wholly decorated with sapphires.

al

1. even though

   • ca. 1200, Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible:

     Ire beider sculde waren grozlich, al newæren sie nieht gelich.

     Both their debts were great, even though they weren't equal.

• Middle Dutch: al
  • Dutch: al
    • Afrikaans: al
  • Limburgish: al

• “al (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
• “al (III)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
• “al (IV)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From Proto-West Germanic *ail, from Proto-Germanic *ailą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-lom, from *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn, kindle”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɑːl/

āl n

1. fire

• au

al

1. Contraction of a le (“to the”).

From Proto-West Germanic *all.

• IPA^(key): /al/

al

1. all
2. every, each
3. whole

• Middle High German: al
  • Alemannic German: älli
  • German: all
  • Luxembourgish: all
  • Yiddish: אַלע (ale)

From Proto-West Germanic *āl, whence also Old English ǣl, Old Norse áll.

• IPA^(key): /aːl/

āl m

1. eel

• Middle High German: āl
  • German: Aal
  • Hunsrik: Ool
  • Luxembourgish: Éil

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

al

1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of alr

al

1. second-person singular active imperative of ala

• all

From Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

• IPA^(key): /ɑl/

al

1. all
2. entire
3. any

• Middle Low German: al, alle
  • German Low German: all, alle (Münsterländisch; Sauerländisch), olle (Paderbornisch)

al

1. entirely, thoroughly
2. exactly, absolutely, already, quite

From Proto-Germanic *ēlaz. Cognate with Old English ǣl, Dutch aal, Old High German āl (German Aal), Old Norse áll (Danish and Swedish ål).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːl/

āl m

1. eel

From Old Norse áll, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

• IPA^(key): /aːl/

āl m

1. eel

• Swedish: ål

From Old French.

al

1. she

From Old French, from Latin allium.

al

1. garlic

Borrowed from Middle Low German al.

al

1. already
   • 1725, Johann Parum Schultze, Die Wendländische Bauernchronik

     jong al no zartjü

     Ją al no carťėv

     He is already at the cemetery.

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “al”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 17
• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “al”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 34
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “al”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 3

From Old Galician-Portuguese al, from Vulgar Latin *ale, from Latin aliud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

• Hyphenation: al

al

1. (obsolete) everything, the rest

   Synonym: o resto

2. (obsolete) other, another

   Synonym: outro

• alheio

Inherited from Latin illum, from ille.

• IPA^(key): /al/

al m or n sg (feminine singular a, masculine plural ai, feminine/neuter plural ale)

1. of (masculine/neuter singular possessive or genitive article)

   el este un prieten al meu ― he is a friend of mine.

• ăla
• -l

From Old Frisian all, from Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognates include West Frisian al and Dutch al.

• IPA^(key): /al/
• Hyphenation: al
• Rhymes: -al

al

1. already

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “al”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Borrowed from German Aal.

• IPA^(key): /ˈal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: al

al m animal

1. eel

• Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “al”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 25

• IPA^(key): /al/

al

1. Sun

• IPA^(key): /al/ [al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: al

al

1. Contraction of a el (“at the, to the”).

• del

• “al”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “al” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN

• la

al

1. a tree species of the family Combretaceae, Terminalia impediens

• Coode, M. J. E. (1969) “Four new species of Terminalia L. (Combretaceae) from Melanesia”, in Kew Bulletin, volume 23, number 2, →DOI, page 308

al

1. Romanization of 𒀠 (al)

From Old Swedish al, from Old Norse ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Danish el, Norwegian older), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːl/

al c

1. alder (tree)

• gråal
• klibbal

• al in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• al in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• l:a, la

al

1. Latin spelling of ал (al)

• IPA^(key): /ɑɫ/ [ˈɑɫ̪]

From Ottoman Turkish آل (al), from Proto-Turkic *āl (“red, crimson”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰞 (āl) and akin to Proto-Tungusic *pula (“red”) and Proto-Mongolic *hulaxan (“red”)

al

1. blood red (specifically the red on the flag of Turkey)
2. (dated) dark red
3. (by extension) red (in general)

• kırmızı (“red”)
• kızıl (“light red”)

al (definite accusative alı, plural allar)

1. blood red (specifically the red on the flag of Turkey)
2. (dated) dark red
3. (by extension) red (in general)

• Tokat, Feyza (2014) “On the Common Words in Mongolian and the Turkish Dialects in Turkey”, in The Journal of International Social Research (Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi)‎^[4], volume 7, number 32, →ISSN, pages 185-198.

From Proto-Turkic *āl (“trick, deceit; to deceive”).

al

1. (dated) trick, trap

   Synonyms: hile, tuzak

• aldanmak
• aldatmak

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

al

1. second-person singular imperative of almak

al (comparative ?, superlative iň al)

1. pink

al

1. to the
2. at the

al m sg

1. (Belluno) Alternative form of el

From Proto-Finnic *alla; related to Finnish alla.

al

1. under, underneath (stationary location)

• alle
• alpäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “под”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[5], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Borrowed from German all and English all.

al

1. each
2. every

al

1. water

• Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics: FOCAL II (1986)
• Blust, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

al

1. already

From Old Frisian all, from Proto-West Germanic *all. Cognate with English all.

al

1. all

This determiner needs an inflection-table template.

• hielal

• “al”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

al

1. already

• “al”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

al

1. Alternative form of aul

   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 18:

     An smithered hays videl, bow, strings an al;

     And smashed his fiddle, bow, strings and all;

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133