-ales

Botany.

1. a suffix of names of orders:

   Cycadales.

-ales

suffix forming plural proper nouns

1. denoting plants belonging to an order

   Filicales

   Rosales

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ales¹

< Latin plural of -ālis -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ales¹

New Latin, from Latin, plural of -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

Twenty-Five years after joining Rogue Ales, he still has his passion—and an obsession with hops.

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As I worked at fancier restaurants, we served various Pilsners, Amber Ales, India Pale Ales, and a multitude of microbrews.

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A person who does not understand who he is,” the political scientist Ales Ancipienka once explained, “is actually a Belarusian.

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Seasonal ales were included, but not limited run ales that are no longer available for purchase.

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And because he adores obscure imported ales, cycling while sloshed felt pretty familiar, too.

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These were called bidding-weddings, or bid-ales, which were in the nature of "benefit" feasts.

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Where Knights quaffed cordials, wines and ales, And told their little fairy tales.

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What has become of all the country home-brewed, of the ales of different colleges, for example?

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The Glastonbury Rental describes the mode of keeping the scot-ales in Wiltshire, in the thirteenth century.

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Five ales in an hour and not a dozen words; just an ordinary Britisher who didn't know how to amuse himself in Gawd's own country.

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