-al

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suffix 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.
suffix Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
suffix organic chemistry the IUPAC nomenclature used in organic chemistry to form names of aldehydes containing the -(CO)H group. It was extracted from the word "aldehyde".

From Latin adjective suffix -ālis, or French, Middle French and Old French -el, -al.

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So he dropped the -al from sensual and substituted -ous, writing, “The Soule … finding the ease she had from her visible, and sensuous colleague the body.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
So he dropped the -al from sensual and substituted -ous, writing, “The Soule … finding the ease she had from her visible, and sensuous colleague the body.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
"Convention"-al wisdom questioned by expert who studies economics of event spaces Prof.

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La agresividad del sonido de sus guitarras y el estilo atrevido de esta banda nos llevan en un viaje hacia el pasado -al movimiento feminista punk que floreció en Olympia, Washington y en Washington, D.C. durante el comienzo de la década de los 90.

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