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orl

UK/ɔːl/US/ɔɹl/

orl noun: an alder tree. Also the pronunciation spelling of all.

Noun

orl (plural orls)

  1. (archaic) An alder tree.
  2. (ellipsis, obsolete, rare) orl fly

Proper noun capitalized: ORL

ORL

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Orlando (Orlando, Florida, USA).

Also used as

orl is also the pronunciation spelling of all.

Forms of orl

pluralorls

Origin of orl

Metathetic variant of olr, itself a variant of alr, itself a contraction of aller, itself a form of alder closer to the original Old English form of alor, aler (the d was a phonetic addition in Middle English); compare the English oryelle, as well as the Old High German erila, the Middle High German erle, and the Modern German Erle.

Pronunciation spelling.

Words formed from orl

Phrases with orl

Questions about orl

What does orl mean?
Orl means an alder tree.
What part of speech is orl?
Orl can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce orl?
Orl is pronounced /ɔːl/ (UK).
What is the plural of orl?
The plural of orl is orls.

Words near orl in the dictionary

  1. orkoiyot
  2. orkoiyots
  3. Orkon
  4. Orkons
  5. orks
  6. orl
  7. orl flies
  8. orl fly
  9. Orla
  10. Orland
  11. Orland Park

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orl (page history and authors); ORL (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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