&

See also: -&, &̄, and Appendix:Variations of "et"

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

﹠ U+FE60, ﹠ SMALL AMPERSAND ← ﹟ [U+FE5F] Small Form Variants ﹡ → [U+FE61]

＆ U+FF06, ＆ FULLWIDTH AMPERSAND ← ％ [U+FF05] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ＇ → [U+FF07]

🙴 U+1F674, 🙴 HEAVY AMPERSAND ORNAMENT ← 🙳 [U+1F673] Ornamental Dingbats 🙵 → [U+1F675]

🙵 U+1F675, 🙵 SWASH AMPERSAND ORNAMENT ← 🙴 [U+1F674] Ornamental Dingbats 🙶 → [U+1F676]

Translingual

Ampersand evolution.

The roman ampersand at left is stylized, but the italic one at right reveals its origin in the Latin word et.

Glyph origin

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

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of and.

Symbol

&

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

• ⁊

Derived terms

• (mathematics) ⅋
• & ;
• v& (to be arrested)

Related terms

• ⁊

See also

• 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

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English

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Latin &

Conjunction

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation 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.”

2. (dated) Abbreviation of et in borrowed Latin phrases such as et cetera.

Derived terms

• & al.
• & cetera, &c.
• & hoc genus omne
• & seq., & seqq.
• & uxor, & ux.

Related terms

• ampersand

Translations

abbreviation of “and”

• Armenian: և (ew)
• Catalan: & (ca)
• French: & (fr)
• German: u. (de)
• Greek: ϗ (ϗ)
• Irish: ⁊
• Italian: &

• Malay: &
• Portuguese: & (pt)
• Spanish: & (es) (normally used on translated English names that contain this character, but rarely elsewhere)
• Swedish: & (sv)
• Thai: & (th) (&)

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Catalan

Conjunction

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of i.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

• Audio: "et commerciel"

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Conjunction

&

1. (siglum) Abbreviation of et.

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Italian

Conjunction

& (siglum)

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

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Japanese

Particle

&(アンド) • (ando)  (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of アンド.

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Latin

Conjunction

& (siglum)

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

Derived terms

• &̄

Letter

& (siglum)

1. Scribal abbreviation of ⟨et⟩.

Related terms

• -&

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Portuguese

Conjunction

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of e.

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Spanish

Conjunction

& (siglum)

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

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Swedish

Conjunction

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of och.