"al" meaning in French

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Pronoun

IPA: /al/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Sayoxime-al.wav Forms: al gender-neutral [canonical], als [plural], lu [accusative]
Etymology: Created in 2015 by Alpheratz, based on Old French al, a variant of the pronoun el. Head templates: {{head|fr|pronoun|third-person singular||plural|als|accusative|lu|cat2=personal pronouns|g=gneut}} al gender-neutral (third-person singular, plural als, accusative lu)
  1. (gender-neutral, neologism, nonstandard) they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person subject personal pronoun. Tags: gender-neutral, neologism, nonstandard, singular, third-person Categories (topical): LGBTQ, Non-binary, Transgender Synonyms: ael, iel, ul, ol
    Sense id: en-al-fr-pron-aSLUYpWT Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French neologisms, French personal pronouns, French pronouns, Pages with 69 entries, Pages with entries Related terms: je, j’, me, m’, , moi, tu, te, t’, toi, il, le, l’, lui, y, en, elle, la, on1, se, s’, soi, nous, vous, ils3, les, leur, eux3, elles
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  "etymology_text": "Created in 2015 by Alpheratz, based on Old French al, a variant of the pronoun el.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "al gender-neutral",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "als",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lu",
      "tags": [
        "accusative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "7": "accusative",
        "8": "lu",
        "cat2": "personal pronouns",
        "g": "gneut"
      },
      "expansion": "al gender-neutral (third-person singular, plural als, accusative lu)",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "pron",
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          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "LGBTQ",
          "orig": "fr:LGBTQ",
          "parents": [
            "Sexuality",
            "Human behaviour",
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        },
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          "name": "Non-binary",
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              208,
              210
            ],
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              265,
              267
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2022, Vinay Swamy, Louisa Mackenzie, Devenir non-binaire en français contemporain, Paris: Le Manuscrit, →ISBN, pages 15-16:",
          "text": "Alpheratz vise un monde dans lequel le neutre ne serait pas une seule notion abstraite, mais bien un vécu et un parler. Parler de la langue, pour Alpheratz, c’est nécessairement parler des significations sociales de ses silences. Car si les mots ont un sens, comme al nous rappelle en tête de son site Web, leur absence en a un aussi.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person subject personal pronoun."
      ],
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          "they",
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        ]
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "je"
        },
        {
          "word": "j’"
        },
        {
          "word": "me"
        },
        {
          "word": "m’"
        },
        {
          "word": "—"
        },
        {
          "word": "moi"
        },
        {
          "word": "tu"
        },
        {
          "word": "te"
        },
        {
          "word": "t’"
        },
        {
          "word": "toi"
        },
        {
          "word": "il"
        },
        {
          "word": "le"
        },
        {
          "word": "l’"
        },
        {
          "word": "lui"
        },
        {
          "word": "y"
        },
        {
          "word": "en"
        },
        {
          "word": "elle"
        },
        {
          "word": "la"
        },
        {
          "word": "on1"
        },
        {
          "word": "se"
        },
        {
          "word": "s’"
        },
        {
          "word": "soi"
        },
        {
          "word": "nous"
        },
        {
          "word": "vous"
        },
        {
          "word": "ils3"
        },
        {
          "word": "les"
        },
        {
          "word": "leur"
        },
        {
          "word": "eux3"
        },
        {
          "word": "elles"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "ael"
        },
        {
          "word": "iel"
        },
        {
          "word": "ul"
        },
        {
          "word": "ol"
        }
      ],
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        "neologism",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "als",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "lu",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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      "word": "je"
    },
    {
      "word": "j’"
    },
    {
      "word": "me"
    },
    {
      "word": "m’"
    },
    {
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "word": "moi"
    },
    {
      "word": "tu"
    },
    {
      "word": "te"
    },
    {
      "word": "t’"
    },
    {
      "word": "toi"
    },
    {
      "word": "il"
    },
    {
      "word": "le"
    },
    {
      "word": "l’"
    },
    {
      "word": "lui"
    },
    {
      "word": "y"
    },
    {
      "word": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "elle"
    },
    {
      "word": "la"
    },
    {
      "word": "on1"
    },
    {
      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "word": "s’"
    },
    {
      "word": "soi"
    },
    {
      "word": "nous"
    },
    {
      "word": "vous"
    },
    {
      "word": "ils3"
    },
    {
      "word": "les"
    },
    {
      "word": "leur"
    },
    {
      "word": "eux3"
    },
    {
      "word": "elles"
    }
  ],
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        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French gender-neutral terms",
        "French lemmas",
        "French neologisms",
        "French nonstandard terms",
        "French personal pronouns",
        "French pronouns",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 69 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of French quotations",
        "fr:LGBTQ",
        "fr:Non-binary",
        "fr:Transgender"
      ],
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        {
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            [
              208,
              210
            ],
            [
              265,
              267
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2022, Vinay Swamy, Louisa Mackenzie, Devenir non-binaire en français contemporain, Paris: Le Manuscrit, →ISBN, pages 15-16:",
          "text": "Alpheratz vise un monde dans lequel le neutre ne serait pas une seule notion abstraite, mais bien un vécu et un parler. Parler de la langue, pour Alpheratz, c’est nécessairement parler des significations sociales de ses silences. Car si les mots ont un sens, comme al nous rappelle en tête de son site Web, leur absence en a un aussi.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person subject personal pronoun."
      ],
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        [
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          "gender-neutral",
          "gender-neutral#English"
        ]
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        "(gender-neutral, neologism, nonstandard) they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person subject personal pronoun."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ael"
        },
        {
          "word": "iel"
        },
        {
          "word": "ul"
        },
        {
          "word": "ol"
        }
      ],
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        "neologism",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "ipa": "/al/"
    },
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    }
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  "word": "al"
}

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