Complete Definition of "al-"

see|Appendix:Variations of "al"
English

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

Prefix
infl|en|prefix|cat=prefixes

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

References
R:American Heritage 2000|al-
R:Dictionary.com|al-


Dutch

Prefix
infl|nl|prefix

  1. all-; pan-.

Category:Dutch 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. Variant of ad- used before the letter L.

Category:Latin prefixes

de:al-
pt:al-
ru:al-

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