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Latin · suffix

-alis

of, relating to

Forms

  • -alis
  • -aris — Latin variant especially used when the stem already contained l, avoiding a repeated l sound.
  • -al — English ending borrowed through French or directly from Latin.
  • -ar — English ending continuing Latin -aris.

Origin

An older Latin adjective-forming suffix; its more remote ancestry is uncertain.

Note

Expresses a relationship without specifying its kind: material, place, purpose, and other connections are possible.

Words sharing this root

abdominalRelating to the abdomen, the body's belly region.abnormalDifferent from what is usual, typical, or expected.accidentalArising incidentally rather than by deliberate or inherent necessity.actualReal or existing rather than supposed or imagined.actualityWhat actually exists or happens.adrenalA hormone-producing gland above a kidney, or relating to it or its hormones.adverbialRelating to or serving the grammatical role of an adverb.analRelating to the anus.analExcessively concerned with detail or order.analyticalUsing careful examination and detailed reasoning to understand something.animalA living organism that feeds on other organic matter.annalsWritten records of historical events, often arranged by year.annualOccurring or completing its course within a year.arealRelating to an area or region.arterialRelating to vessels carrying blood away from the heart.astralRelating to stars or outer space.astralRelating to a supposed spiritual realm beyond the physical world.australRelating to the south or southern regions.autumnalRelating to or characteristic of autumn.bestialRelating to sexual acts between humans and animals.bestialSavage or brutal like a wild animal.biennialCovering or completing a cycle of two years.bilingualUsing or able to use two languages.capitalInvolving punishment by death.capitalWealth used for investment or production.capitalA letter in its uppercase form.capitalOf excellent quality.capitalA city where a government is based.cardinalOf primary or fundamental importance.cardinalA North American songbird whose male typically has bright red feathers.cardinalA senior Roman Catholic official ranking below the pope.cardinalA number expressing how many rather than position in a sequence.carnalRelating to physical desire, especially sexual desire.carnalityPreoccupation with bodily pleasure, especially sexual desire.carpalRelating to the wrist.casualWithout formal arrangement or sustained commitment.cathedralThe main church of a bishop's district.causalRelating to cause and effect.centralSituated at the middle or main focus.cerealGrain from grasses cultivated for food.cerebralRelating to the brain.ceremonialServing a formal ritual or observance.cervicalRelating to the neck.cervicalRelating to the lower, narrow part of the uterus.chattelA movable possession treated as personal property.choralRelating to singing by a choir.collateralExtending alongside a main line rather than directly within it.collegialCooperative and respectful among colleagues.communalShared by or involving a community or group.conceptualRelating to ideas rather than practical details.conditionalDepending on a specified requirement being satisfied.confessionalConcerned with revealing private matters or admitting wrongdoing.conjecturalBased on guesswork rather than firm evidence.conjugalRelating to marriage or the relationship between spouses.conventionalFollowing established standard practices.convivialFriendly and lively in social settings.cordialWarm, friendly, and sincere.coronalRelating to a crown or crownlike ring.coronaldividing the body into front and back portionscorporalRelating to the body.corticalRelating to an organ’s outer layer, especially that of the brain.criminalInvolving acts forbidden by criminal law.criminalityThe character of conduct that breaks criminal law.crucialExtremely important in determining an outcome.culturalRelating to a society's shared ways of life and expression.decimalA representation of a number in base ten.dentalRelating to the teeth.diagonalSlanting across rather than running horizontally or vertically.differentialRelating to a difference between amounts or cases.digitalUsing discrete numerical representations of information.digitalrelating to fingers or toesdoctrinalRelating to official teachings or principles.dorsalOn or relating to an animal's back.dualHaving two parts or aspects.dualityA paired structure with two corresponding aspects.ducalRelating to a duke or a duke's territory.effectualSuccessful in producing the intended result.empiricalBased on observation or experiment rather than theory alone.episcopalRelating to bishops or a church governed by bishops.equalThe same as another in a particular respect.equalityThe state of being equal in value, rights, or standing.equilateralHaving all sides equal in length, or a triangle with this property.especialStanding out as particularly important or noteworthy.essentialNecessary or fundamental to something.eternalLasting or seeming to last forever.existentialConcerned with existence.facialOf or concerning the human face.familialConnected with a family and its members.fatalBringing about death.federalOf a national government in a system sharing authority with states.femoralRelating to the thigh or thigh bone.feudalRelating to a system in which land is held in exchange for loyalty and service to a lord.filialRelating to a child’s relationship with a parent.finalOccurring at the end of a sequence.finaleThe concluding part of a performance, event, or series.finalityThe quality of being settled and not subject to further change.fiscalRelating to financial matters, especially government revenue and spending.floralOf flowers or their decorative forms.formalConforming to established ceremonial or social conventions.fraternalOf brothers or the bond between them.frontalRelating to or directed toward the front.frugalUsing money or resources carefully to avoid waste.fuelMaterial supplied to sustain energy-producing activity.fundamentalAn essential basis of something, or forming that basis.fungalRelating to fungi, such as molds, yeasts, or mushrooms.generalHolding senior command over an organized body.generalApplying broadly rather than to particular cases or details.genitalAn external reproductive organ, or relating to reproductive organs.genitaliaReproductive organs, especially the external ones.germinalConcerned with the beginnings of new development.glacialOf glaciers and their cold, slow-moving ice.gradualHappening slowly in small steps or degrees.grammaticalRelating to grammar or following its rules.gutturalA sound produced in, or seeming to come from, the throat or back of the mouth.habitualOccurring regularly or done as a habit.herbalOf herbs, especially plants used for medicine.hereticalContrary to accepted religious doctrine or established beliefs.historicalRelating to past events or their study.horizontalExtending across the same level rather than rising vertically.hospitalAn institution that provides medical treatment and patient care.idealA standard of perfection toward which someone strives.immaterialNot relevant or important to the matter at hand.immaterialNot consisting of physical substance.imperialRelating to or suggesting the authority or grandeur of an empire or emperor.inauguralMarking or celebrating the beginning of something.incidentalA minor or secondary part of something more important.incorporealHaving no physical body or material form.individualOne person or thing considered separately from others.industrialConnected with manufacturing goods in factories.infernalOf hell and its imagined torments.influentialHaving significant power to affect people, events, or ideas.inguinalRelating to the groin.inimicalHostile or harmful to someone or something.initialAt the opening position in a sequence.instrumentalServing as an important means of achieving a result.integralNecessary to make a whole complete.intellectualDevoted to reasoning and the study of ideas.internalExisting or happening inside something.intestinalRelating to the intestines.irrationalA number that cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers.irrationalNot based on reason or sound judgment.jovialCheerful, friendly, and good-humored.jovialityCheerful friendliness and good humor.judicialShowing careful judgment or deliberation.judicialRelating to courts or the administration of justice.juridicalRelating to law or the administration of justice.labialOf the lips or their use in forming sounds.larvalRelating to an animal's immature larva stage before adulthood.lateralDirected to the side rather than upward or forward.legalRecognized within the system of law.legalityConformity to the requirements of law.lethalCapable of causing death or devastating harm.liberalOpen to individual freedom and differing views.liberalConcerned with general learning rather than training for a particular job.liberalGiven or used in generous amounts.literalA fixed value written directly in source code.literalFaithful to the exact words or facts rather than a figurative meaning.literallyIn the exact, nonfigurative sense; also informally used for emphasis.localServing or belonging to the particular surrounding area.localityA particular place or area.longitudinalRunning along a subject's length rather than across it.loyalRemaining faithful to a person, group, cause, or duty.loyaltyFaithful support or attachment to someone or something.mammalA warm-blooded animal with a backbone whose females produce milk to feed their young.manualControlled by a person's hands rather than automatically.manualA book giving instructions or reference information.marginalResulting from one extra unit or a small increase.maritalRelating to marriage or spouses.marsupialA mammal whose young typically develop in a pouch.martialRelating to war or fighting.materialThe physical substance from which something is formed.materialImportant and relevant to the matter at hand.materialismThe philosophical view that only matter and its processes exist.materialismPreoccupation with wealth, possessions, and physical comforts.materialityThe quality of having physical substance.materialityImportance or relevance to a decision or issue.maternalOf a mother and her relationship to a child.matrimonialRelating to marriage or married life.medialLocated in or toward the middle of something.medicalOf professional care intended to maintain or restore health.medicinalHaving healing properties or used to treat illness.memorialSomething made or done to preserve the memory of a person or event.menstrualRelating to the body's cycle of bleeding from the uterus.mentalRelating to the mind or thought.mercurialSubject to sudden changes of mood or behavior.mineralA naturally occurring inorganic substance of defined composition.missalA book containing the texts used in the Catholic Mass.mistralA strong, cold northwesterly wind in southern France.mitralRelating to the valve between the heart's left upper and lower chambers.modalityA particular way of doing or experiencing something.monumentalExceptionally large, important, or impressive.moralConcerned with standards of right and wrong conduct.moralityStandards of right and wrong used to guide and judge behavior.moralizeTo discuss or interpret something as a lesson about right and wrong.moralsPrinciples or standards of right and wrong behavior.mortalCausing or capable of causing death.mortalSubject to eventual death.municipalRelating to a city, town, or its local government.municipalityA town or district with its own local government.musicalRelating to music.nasalRelating to the nose.natalRelating to birth.naturalExisting or arising by nature rather than human alteration.naturalNormal or unsurprising in the circumstances.naturalistA person who practices or advocates realistic portrayals of life in art or literature.navalRelating to a navy or its warships.neuralRelating to nerves or the nervous system.neutralNot characterized by either of two opposing qualities.neutralA gear position in which engine power is not transmitted to the wheels.nominalExisting in name or appearance rather than in substance.normalAt right angles to a line or surface, or a line in that direction.normalThe usual or expected state, or conforming to it.numeralA word or symbol representing a number.occidentalOf or from Western countries or cultures.officialA person holding a position of authority in a government or organization.officialApproved or recognized by the proper authority.oralRelating to or done through the mouth.orientalRelating to East Asia, in usage often outdated or offensive when applied to people.originalExisting first, before subsequent versions or copies.originalCreated through fresh ideas rather than imitation.originallyAt the beginning, before later changes.ovalAn elongated rounded shape, or shaped this way.papalRelating to the pope or the office of pope.parentalRelating to a mother, father, or caregiving guardian.parietalRelating to the wall of a body cavity or organ.parochialRelating to a church parish.paternalRelating to a father or his side of the family.pectoralRelating to the chest.pedalA foot-operated lever used to power or control a mechanism.penalRelating to punishment for breaking the law.penaltyA punishment imposed for breaking a rule or law.penitentialExpressing or relating to repentance for wrongdoing.periodontalRelating to the tissues surrounding and supporting teeth.perpetualContinuing or recurring without an apparent end.personalRelating to a particular individual's own life or body.personalityThe distinctive character of a person, place, or thing.pestilentialCausing or associated with widespread deadly disease.placentalRelating to the organ connecting a developing fetus to the uterus.pluralGrammatical number referring to more than one person or thing.portalA gateway through which a place can be entered.potentialThe capacity for future realization or development.potentialVoltage at a point relative to a reference point.practicalConcerned with useful action or hands-on experience.presidentialRelating to the role of a president.preternaturalBeyond what is normal or natural, often in an uncanny way.primalExisting at the earliest or most basic level of nature or instinct.primordialExisting from the very beginning in an original or basic state.principalLeading in importance or responsibility.processionalConnected with a ceremonial procession.prodigalWastefully extravagant in using resources.proportionalCorresponding in size, amount, or degree according to a ratio.proportionalityThe quality of being suitably matched in size, degree, or effect.provincialAssociated with a region outside the central capital.prudentialA major American insurance and financial-services company.prudentialRelating to cautious practical judgment in managing risks.punctualArriving or happening at the scheduled time.radialExtending along lines outward from a center.radicalDeparting substantially from established practices.radicalAn atom or group of atoms with an unpaired electron.radicalA group of atoms treated as a unit in a compound.radicalA mathematical root or its symbolic representation.rationalBased on or capable of using reason and sound judgment.rationalA number expressible as a ratio of two integers with a nonzero denominator.rationaleThe underlying reason or explanation for something.rationalityThe quality of being based on reason and logic.realityThe world as it exists or is experienced.realizeTo become aware of or clearly understand something.realtyLand and buildings held as property.regalOf or befitting a king or queen.regaliaDistinctive clothing and accessories associated with a rank, ceremony, or activity.regionalBelonging to a defined geographical area.remedialIntended to correct a problem or make up for a weakness.renalRelating to the kidneys.ritualAn established sequence of ceremonial acts.rivalA competitor, or to compete with or match another in ability or achievement.royalAssociated with a monarch and the monarch's family.royaltyPayment to an owner for use of that owner's property or creative work.ruralRelating to the countryside rather than towns or cities.sacramentalAssociated with sacred Christian rites.satiricalUsing humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize faults or foolishness.scripturalRelating to sacred religious writings.seminalAssociated with reproductive seed.sensualRelating to pleasure through the senses, especially sexual pleasure.sensualityThe quality of enjoying or appealing to the physical senses, especially sexually.severalConsidered individually rather than together.severalMore than two but not many.signalA sign that conveys information or intention.signalNotably important or striking.socialConcerned with people's interaction and shared life.socialiteA socially prominent person active in fashionable society.spatialRelating to space and how things are positioned within it.specialSet apart from the ordinary for a particular reason.spinalPertaining to the spine or spinal cord.spiralA course winding around a center while advancing.spiritualConcerned with the soul or sacred matters.spiritualityA focus on or connection with sacred or deeply meaningful inner experience.sublingualLocated or administered under the tongue.substantialHaving firm material substance.substantialConsiderable in size, amount, or importance.superficialConfined to the outer surface.supernaturalForces or phenomena beyond natural explanation.terminalAt the endpoint of a course or connection.terminalA text interface for entering computer commands and viewing output.territorialConcerned with a bounded area of land.territorialA member of a reserve military force tied to a region.testimonialA statement praising or endorsing a person, product, or service.theoreticalBased on ideas or principles rather than practical experience or confirmed results.tonsorialRelating to cutting or styling hair.totalTo damage a vehicle beyond practical repair.totalThe full amount when all parts are combined.transcendentalGoing beyond ordinary experience or physical limits.transcendentalA number or function that is not algebraic.triumphalCelebrating or expressing victory.trivialOf little consequence or difficulty.umbilicalAssociated with the cord connecting fetus and placenta.unilateralInvolving only one side.universalApplying to or found in every relevant case.urinalA receptacle designed to be urinated into.usualCustomary or normally expected, or something regularly chosen or done.ventralRelating to the belly or underside of the body.verbalRelating to words, especially spoken language.verbalizeTo express something in spoken words.vernalRelating to springtime.verticalExtending straight up and down.verticalA market focused on a particular industry or business sector.vestalRelating to the virgin priestesses of Vesta.virtualAlmost or effectively so, though not strictly or officially.virtualCreated or provided by computers rather than physically present.virtuallyAlmost entirely, or through computer technology rather than physical presence.visceralRelating to the internal organs of the body.visualRelating to sight or things perceived through sight.vitalNecessary for maintaining life.vitalsBasic measurements of how the body is functioning.vocalRelating to expression through the human voice.vowelA speech sound produced with relatively open airflow.zonalRelating to or arranged in zones.