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ali-

UK/ælɪ/

ali- prefix: lateral expansion.

Prefix

ali-

  1. lateral expansion

Origin of ali-

Representing the Latin āla (“wing”).

Words formed from ali-

  • aliethmoid

Questions about ali-

What does ali- mean?
Ali- means lateral expansion.
What part of speech is ali-?
Ali- is a prefix.
How do you pronounce ali-?
Ali- is pronounced /ælɪ/ (UK).

Words near ali- in the dictionary

  1. Ali Baba bag
  2. Ali Baba bags
  3. ali babas
  4. Ali Sabieh
  5. ali'i
  6. ali-
  7. Alia
  8. Aliaga
  9. Aliagas
  10. Aliaksandr
  11. Aliaksei

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ali- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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