al

• aL

al

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

From Hindi आल (āl)

al (usually uncountable, plural als)

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

• “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.

al

1. already

al (attributive alle, not comparable)

1. all; every

From a contraction of the preposition a (“to”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

al m

1. to the

al

1. the

• ar
• an

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

al

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. For example, Ens veurem a l'aeroport.

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

From Old Norse allr (“all”).

• IPA^(key): /al/, [al]

al (neuter alt, plural alle)

1. all
2. any

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑl/

• Audio

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• 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.

• algemeen
• almacht
• altijd

• alles

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?

• althans
• al sinds
• al weer/alweer
• alweer
• meestal
• veelal

al

1. even

   Al zou ik het willen...

   Even if I wanted to...

• ook al

• 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).

• IPA^(key): /al/

• Audio

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al

1. to; toward

   Li estas sur sia unua pilgrimo al Mekko.

   He is on his first pilgrimage to Mecca.

   Islamanoj preĝas antaŭantaj al Mekko plurfoje ĉiutage.

   Muslims pray facing toward Mecca several times every day.

2. to (indicates indirect object)

   Ŝi donis la libron al siaj gepatroj.

   She gave the book to her (own) parents.

Contraction of French ale, from French aller.

al

1. to go

   Synonym: ale

al

1. indefinite accusative singular of alur
2. indefinite dative singular of alur

al

1. Contraction of a la (“to the”).

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

• IPA^(key): /al/

al

1. Contraction of a le (“to the”).

al

1. Contraction of a li.

al

1. Contraction of a (“at”) + el (“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,

• a (preposition) +‎ il (article)

al

1. contraction of a il; to the, at the

al or allo or all' 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, là

• Rhymes: -al

al m

1. side

al f

1. flag, banner

• (side): alî, la
• (flag): ala

a +‎ l

al

1. at or to the (+ a masculine singular noun)

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

   Vun ale Mënsche kann ee villes léieren.

   There’s a lot to learn from old people.

2. (of food) stale

   Dat aalt Brout kënne mer de Vulle ginn.

   We can give the stale bread to the birds.

• (old): jonk
• (stale): frësch

al

1. you (personal pronoun)

al

1. Medial form of ale

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
• “al (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “al (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “al (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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.

al

1. contraction of a + li

From Proto-Germanic *allaz.

al

1. all

   Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan

   All birds have started to build their nests

• ol

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

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

From the adjective al.

al

1. completely, wholly

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑːl/

āl n

1. fire

• ālfæt
• ālgeweorc
• onāl

• au

al

1. contraction of a + le (to the)

• IPA^(key): /al/

From Proto-Germanic *allaz.

al

1. all
2. every, each
3. whole

• Middle High German: al
  • German: all
  • Yiddish: אַלץ‎‎ (alts)

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

āl m

1. eel

• German: Aal

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

From Proto-Germanic *allaz.

al

1. all

• Middle Low German: al, alle
  • German Low German: all

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

āl m

1. eel

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

āl m

1. eel

• Swedish: ål

From German Aal.

al m anim

1. (Silesia dialectal) eel

• węgorz

• al in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɫ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw/
• Hyphenation: al

al

1. (obsolete) everything, the rest
2. (obsolete) other, another

• (the rest): o resto
• (other): outro

• alheio

From Latin illum, from ille.

• IPA^(key): /al/

al

1. of (masculine/neuter singular possessive article)

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

• a (feminine singular)
• ai (masculine plural)
• ale (feminine/neuter plural)

• ăla
• -l

al

1. already

• IPA^(key): /ˈal/

• Audio (Latin America)

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• Rhymes: -al

al

1. (contraction of a el) at the, to the.

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.

• audio

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al c

1. alder (tree)

From Proto-Turkic *āl, *Āl (“red, crimson”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (āl). Related to alev and almak.

al (comparative daha al, superlative en al)

1. dark red, blood red, crimson

• kırmızı (red)
• kızıl (light red)

al (definite accusative alı, plural allar)

1. dark red, blood red, crimson

• Greek: άλικος (álikos, “crimson”)

From Proto-Turkic *Āl.

al

1. (dated) trick, trap

See almak.

al

1. second-person imperative of almak

• alma

al

1. to the
2. at the

al m sg

1. (Belluno) Alternative form of el

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], 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. 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