al
French, pronoun/al/
al is spelled A-L (2 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written French, the 1,060th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Al is a French pronoun meaning “they (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person subject personal pronoun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pronom de la troisième personne du singulier utilisé pour parler d’une personne non-binaire”.
What does al mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
nonstandardthey (singular). A gender-neutral singular third-person subject personal pronoun.
suffix
- 1
-al; appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form; often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
symbol: 1. Symbole de l’année-lumière, unité de longueur utilisée en astronomie.
pronoun: 1. Pronom de la troisième personne du singulier utilisé pour parler d’une personne non-binaire. 2. Pronom de la troisième personne du singulier utilisé pour parler d’une personne de genre inconnu. 3. Pronom impersonnel.
suffix: 1. Suffixe adjectival. Peut être nominalisé.
symbol: 1. Abréviation d’avril. 2. Symbole de l’année-lumière, unité de distance astronomique. 3. Amiral.
noun: 1. Synonyme de acide linoléique (acide octadéca-9Z,12Z-diénoïque).
adverb: 1. Variante orthographique de et al.
noun: 1. Alii, surtout utilisé dans l’abréviation latine et al..
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of al
- al gender-neutral canonical
- als plural
- lu accusative
- AL
- a.l.
- A.L.
- ale singular feminine
- al
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce al?
- /al/
- \a.ne ly.mjɛʁ\
- \al\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to al
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is al in French?
al appears 79 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).