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Webster 1913 Edition


al-

al-

.
pre
fix.
(a)
[AS.
eal
.]
All; wholly; completely;
as,
al
mighty,
al
most
.
(b)
[L.
ad
.]
To; at; on; – in OF. shortened to a-. See
ad-
.
(c)
The Arabic definite article answering to the English the;
as,
Al
koran, the Koran or the Book;
al
chemy, the chemistry.

Definition 2024


al-

al-

See also: ał-, ال, and Appendix:Variations of "al"

English

Prefix

al-

  1. (no longer productive) Alternative form of all-
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin al-, variant of ad- used with words starting with L.

Prefix

al-

  1. Variant of ad- used before the letter L.

References

  • al-” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • al-” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Dutch

Prefix

al-

  1. all-; pan-.

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ëla. Cognates include Finnish ala-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒl]

Prefix

al-

  1. sub-, under-
    építmény (structure)alépítmény (substructure)
  2. (noun prefix) vice, deputy (used with a rank of a person in office)
    elnök (president)alelnök (vice president)

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_words_prefixed_with_al-'>Hungarian words prefixed with al-</a>

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian prefixes

Latin

Etymology

Euphonic alteration of ad-, assimilating the D into the initial L of the word the prefix is applied to. See also ac-, af-, ag-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-.

Prefix

al-

  1. Alternative form of ad-