-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

He remembers two politicians who would eat together and regularly put in the same order: "Two working man's portions of your beef and two pewter mugs of your finest ales."

From BBC

Ales Bialiatski, the jailed Nobel Laureate and veteran human rights activist from the group Viasna, was also detained initially for tax evasion.

From BBC

Now I could expect to find a bevy of local or national options with an alcohol by volume, or ABV, in the 4% to 5% range – below the 5.9% average of a craft beer and well below the 7% India pale ales that had been flooding the market.

From Salon

According to the Viasna human rights center, there are currently 1,401 political prisoners behind bars in the country, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski.

From Seattle Times

Alcohol-free beer: Today, lagers, stouts and ales can all be found in non-alcoholic form.

From Seattle Times