| -al 1 suff. Of, relating to, or characterized by: parental. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -  lis, adj. suff.] |
| -al 2 suff. Action; process: retrieval. [Middle English -aille, from Old French, from Latin - lia, from neuter pl. of -lis.] |
| -al 3 suff. Aldehyde: citronellal. [From al(dehyde).] |
-al1
suffix forming adjectives
of; related to; connected with functional sectional tonal
[from Latin -ālis]
-al2
suffix forming nouns
the act or process of doing what is indicated by the verb stem rebuttal recital renewal
[via Old French -aille, -ail, from Latin -ālia, neuter plural used as substantive, from -ālis -al1]
-al3
suffix forming nouns
1. indicating an aldehyde ethanal
2. (Medicine / Pharmacology) indicating a pharmaceutical product phenobarbital
[shortened from aldehyde]
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