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See also: Appendix:Variations of "et"
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Translingual
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Etymology
A stylized form of Latin et (“and”). Romans used such symbols (ligatures) from at least the first century C.E., but the character may not have acquired its present form until the advent of calligraphy in the Middle Ages. Compare ⁊, of same meaning and similar derivation.
Conjunction
&
Symbol
&
- (programming) Used in some programming languages for different purposes.
- (networking) In a URL, separates each field-value pair of a query string .
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- 〆
- ϗ
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter E): Éé Èè Êê Ḙḙ Ěě Ĕĕ Ẽẽ Ḛḛ Ẻẻ Ėė Ëë Ēē Ȩȩ Ęę ᶒ Ɇɇ Ȅȅ Ếế Ềề Ễễ Ểể Ḝḝ Ḗḗ Ḕḕ Ȇȇ Ẹẹ Ệệ ⱸ ᴇ Ee Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ & Œœ ᵫ
- (Letter combinations): Ꜳꜳ Ææ ᴁᴭ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ꜵꜵ Åå Ꜷꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ Ꜽꜽ ct ȸ DZDzdz DŽDždž ᴂᵆ ᴔ & ff fi ffi fl ffl ℔ IJij LJLjlj Ỻỻ Ŋŋ NJNjnj Œœ ɶ Ꝏꝏ Ȣȣᴕ ȹ ẞß ſtst ᵫ Ůů Ww Ꝡꝡ
English
Conjunction
&
- Siglum of "and"
- 2011, David Almond, The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, Candlewick Press (2014), →ISBN, 121:
- “Welcum to McCaufreys, Billy Dean” he says. “Make yorself at home & hav a pie.”
- 2011, David Almond, The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, Candlewick Press (2014), →ISBN, 121:
- (dated) Abbreviation of et in Latin phrases such as et cetera.
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abbreviation of and
Catalan
Conjunction
&
French
Conjunction
&
Italian
Conjunction
&
Japanese
Particle
- Abbreviation of アンド.
Portuguese
Conjunction
&
Spanish
Conjunction
&
Swedish
Conjunction
&
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