@

See also: Appendix:Variations of "a" and Appendix:Variations of "at"

Translingual

Etymology

A cursive variation of ᾱ or ᾱᾱ, the abbreviation of Greek ἀνά (aná) used in recipes and prescriptions with the meaning "of each", and later extended to accounting. (Other explanations have that it is ā, an abbreviation of Latin ad (“to”), or French à (“to”).)

Symbol

@

1. At the rate of; per.

   7 @ $2 = $14 (that is, seven, at two dollars each, are fourteen dollars).

2. (computing) The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address ("at" the domain name).

   My e-mail address is psychonaut@example.com.

3. (computing, IRC) The most common choice of configurable prefix symbol to identify a channel operator.
4. (Internet) Prepended to the name of the user to whom a remark is addressed.

   Bob: How can I stop other people from accessing my files when they use my computer?
   Jack: @Bob: You need to protect the files with a password.

See also

• English: at sign

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English

Pronunciation

• (stressed) enPR: ăt, IPA^(key): /æt/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /ət/
• IPA^(key): /i.tʃæt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æt
• Homophone: at

Preposition

@

1. at a rate of (so much each)

   15 items @ $10

   @ 80 km/h (at eighty kilometres per hour)

2. (informal) at (any sense)

   @ 20°C (at twenty degrees Celsius)

   Text message: "im @ school."

Verb

@

1. (informal, neologism) To reply to or talk to someone, either online or face-to-face. (from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name)

   Honestly, don't @ me if you don't have anything nice to say.

   Cars 2 is the most influential film of all time. Don't @ me.

Usage notes

Chiefly used in the phrase "don't @ me". It can be used humorously when stated after an unpopular or ironic opinion, to forestall dissent.

See also

• at sign

Symbol

@

1. Forming gender-neutral versions of Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.

   Chican@, Filipin@, Latin@, Mestiz@

2. By extension, sometimes used to blend other pairs of words that differ by being spelled with o vs a.

   Kosov@; Pin@y

See also

• x

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛt/

Preposition

@

1. (informal, Internet) regarding

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Hebrew

Symbol

@

1. (computing) The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address.

Usage notes

The symbol is called כְּרוּכִית (krukhit, “strudel; at sign, @”), or sometimes colloquially שְׁטְרוּדֶל (“strudel; at sign, @”).

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Hungarian

Symbol

@

1. (computing) The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address.

Usage notes

The symbol is called kukac (“worm”) in Hungarian because of its shape.

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Japanese

Symbol

@

1. at a rate of

   500@¥5

   500 items at a rate of 5 yen

2. (slang, gaming) Alternative form of あと (ato, “remaining”)

   @ 5(ご) 個(こ)

   @ go ko

   five items remaining

   @ 1(いち)時(じ)間(かん)で寝(ね)る

   @ ichi-jikan de neru

   I'll go to bed in an hour

3. (internet jargon) used to attach a qualifier to someone's name

   cosMo@暴走P(cosMo@ぼうそうP)

   cosMo@BōsōP

   cosMo@Bōsō-P

   • (deprecated template usage) てさぐれ！部活もの

     ドンチキ田(た)中@(なか@)イケメン大(だい)好(す)き

     Donchiki Tanaka@Ikemen daisuki

     Donchiki Tanaka@I Love Hot Men

Usage notes

The symbol is called 単価(たんか)記号(きごう) (tankakigō), アットマーク (attomāku), or アット (atto).

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Malagasy

Preposition

@

1. (informal) Abbreviation of amin'ny.

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Portuguese

Symbol

@

1. The symbol for the arroba unit of weight.

Symbol

@

1. (leftist slang) A replacement for o and a, to include both masculine and feminine forms.

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Russian

Symbol

@

1. @

Usage notes

• This symbol is called эт (et), лягу́шка (ljagúška), обезья́нка (obezʹjánka), соба́ка (sobáka), or комме́рческое «эт» (kommérčeskoje «et»).

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Serbo-Croatian

Symbol

@

1. @

Usage notes

The sign has several possible names:

• et
• manki (Croatian)
• луда »а« (luda »a«, literally “crazy ‘a’”) (Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• мајмун (majmun) (Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Spanish

Symbol

@

1. The symbol for the arroba unit of weight and volume.
2. (informal) A replacement for o and a, to include both masculine and feminine forms.

   l@s alumn@s = los alumnos y las alumnas (the male and female students)

   • 2000, Onofre Ricardo Contreras Jordán, La formación inicial y permanente del profesor de educación física, Univ de Castilla La Mancha (→ISBN), page 131:

     Deberá el/1a tutor/a orientar, reconducir y resolver las mil y una dudas que se plantean l@s alumn@s en el prácticum ya sea I, II o III, en sus diferentes actuaciones docentes, en cuanto a evaluación, niveles de dificultad parámetros que evaluar y un largo etc […]

   • 2011, Augustin Sanchez Vidal, La schiava di Granada, Editrice Nord (→ISBN)

     Rimasto solo, Lope de Mendoza riportò l'attenzione su quello spesso fascicolo, rimanendo sconcertato dall'intestazione: Elen@ de Céspedes.

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Swedish

Symbol

@

1. (computing) The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address.

Usage notes

The symbol is called snabel-a (“elephant's trunk A”) in Swedish because of its shape. Less formally it is also known as kanelbulle (“cinnamon roll”) or alfakrull (“alpha curl”)

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Turkish

Symbol

@

1. her biri (“each”)