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suff.
Of, relating to, or characterized by: parental.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -ālis, adj. suff.]
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suff.
Action; process: retrieval.
[Middle English -aille, from Old French, from Latin -ālia, from neuter pl. of -ālis.]
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suff.
Aldehyde: citronellal.
[From AL(DEHYDE).]
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- Suffixes - -al: having form or character of, pertaining to (autumnal, natural); used to form nouns from verbs (refusal)
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