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& U+0026, &
AMPERSAND
%
[U+0025]
Basic Latin '
[U+0027]

Translingual

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Ampersand evolution.

Alternative forms

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There is a great deal of variation in this character; fonts often make it distinctive as an identifying feature of the font. Common variants include ⟨🙵⟩ and ⟨🙰⟩.

Apart from the CJK variants, additional Unicode characters are intended for backward compatibility with Wingdings fonts.

Glyph origin

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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 and +, of same meaning and similar derivation.

Conjunction

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& (siglum)

  1. Abbreviation of and.

Symbol

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& (English symbol name ampersand)

  1. (programming) Used in some programming languages for different purposes.
    1. Dereferencing memory address.
    2. Bitwise "and" operator.
  2. (networking) In a URL, separates each field-value pair of a query string .
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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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See also

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English

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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Latin &

Pronunciation

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  1. As and.
  2. As et.

Conjunction

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& (siglum)

  1. Abbreviation of and.
    • 2011, David Almond, The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, Candlewick Press, published 2014, →ISBN, page 121:
      “Welcum to McCaufreys, Billy Dean” he says. “Make yorself at home & hav a pie.”
  2. (dated) Abbreviation of et in borrowed Latin phrases such as et cetera.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Catalan

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Conjunction

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& (siglum)

  1. Abbreviation of i.

Esperanto

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Conjunction

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& (siglum)

  1. Abbreviation of kaj.

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e/
  • Audio; et commercial:(file)
  • Audio (Switzerland):(file)

Conjunction

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&

  1. (siglum) Abbreviation of et.

Italian

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Conjunction

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& (siglum)

  1. Abbreviation of e.
  2. Abbreviation of ed.
  3. (dated) Abbreviation of et.

Japanese

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Particle

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&(アンド) (ando (siglum)

  1. Abbreviation of アンド.

Latin

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Conjunction

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& (siglum)

  1. Abbreviation of et; historically a scribal abbreviation of et.

Derived terms

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Letter

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& (siglum)

  1. Scribal abbreviation of et.
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Portuguese

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Conjunction

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& (siglum)

  1. Abbreviation of e.

Spanish

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Conjunction

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& (siglum)

  1. Abbreviation of y.
  2. Abbreviation of e.

Swedish

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Conjunction

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& (siglum)

  1. Abbreviation of och.
    Synonym: