-al

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (morpheme) Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.
  2. (morpheme) Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.

Sinonieme

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/əl/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English -al, from the Latin adjective suffix -ālis, or French, Middle French and Old French -el, -al. Distant doublet of -ar.

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