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# al

«al» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short form of boys' names like Albert, Alan, Alfred or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

name and fragment (Al — a short name; «al» in «et al.» and «al dente»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Al is a short form of boys' names like Albert, Alan, Alfred or Alexander. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/al/#m1)

2) In «et al.» (Latin for «and others») it is a short form used in science writing for a list of authors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/al/#m2)

3) In «al dente» (Italian) it means pasta cooked so it is still a little firm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/al/#m3)

4) Al is also the chemical symbol for aluminium, written with a capital A. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/al/#m4)

5) In some Arabic names, al means 'the', as in Haroun-al-Raschid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/al/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and maths problems Al is a person's name (a capital letter). In science, «Al» is the symbol for aluminium on the periodic table, and «et al.» appears when a book names a group of scientists. Phrases: «et al.», «al dente».

### examples

- Al has 8 marbles and gives 3 to Sue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/al/#x1)
- Uncle Al fixed our bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/al/#x2)
- The study was written by Smith et al. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/al/#x3)
- Cook the spaghetti until it is al dente. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/al/#x4)
- The symbol Al stands for aluminium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/al/#x5)
- «Call me Al,» said the new boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/al/#x6)

### note

As a name, always write Al with a capital letter. «Et al.» has a full stop after al. The symbol Al: capital A, small l. Do not confuse with «all» (every one).

### In the corpora

- [Eid al-Fitr is the Muslim festival that ends Ramadan, a month of fasting from dawn to sunset.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/11/)
- [Eid al-Fitr is the joyful festival at the end of Ramadan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/31-islam/13/)
- [For the Leader; Al-tashheth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.931/)
- [For the Leader; Al-tashheth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.944/)
- [For the Leader; Al-tashheth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.958/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «al» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/al/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.