"-al" meaning in French

See -al in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /al/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00--al.wav Forms: -ale [feminine], -aux [masculine, plural], -ales [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French -al, from Old French -al, borrowed from Latin -ālis. Doublet of -el, which is inherited. The masculine plural in -x comes from the letter's usage as a ligature to abbreviate -us. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|-al|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French -al, {{inh+|fr|frm|-al}} Inherited from Middle French -al, {{inh|fr|fro|-al}} Old French -al, {{bor|fr|la|-ālis}} Latin -ālis, {{doublet|fr|-el}} Doublet of -el Head templates: {{fr-adj}} -al (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ale, masculine plural -aux, feminine plural -ales)
  1. -al; appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form; often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--al-fr-suffix-bGljoSph Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 25 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "-al"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "-sal"
    }
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "frm",
        "3": "-al",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French -al",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "-al"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French -al",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-al"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French -al",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ālis",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "-el"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of -el",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French -al, from Old French -al, borrowed from Latin -ālis. Doublet of -el, which is inherited. The masculine plural in -x comes from the letter's usage as a ligature to abbreviate -us.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-aux",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "suffix",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-al; appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form; often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "-al",
          "-al#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/al/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "-al"
}

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      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "-al"
    },
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      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "-sal"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "I"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
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        "2": "frm",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French -al",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "-al"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French -al",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-al"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French -al",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ālis",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "-el"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of -el",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-aux",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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        "French adjective-forming suffixes",
        "French doublets",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French suffixes",
        "French terms borrowed from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Middle French",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms inherited from Middle French",
        "French terms inherited from Old French",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Pages with 25 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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        "-al; appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form; often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also"
      ],
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          "-al",
          "-al#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for -al meaning in French (2.7kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: adjective-forming suffix",
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  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-al",
  "trace": ""
}

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