etc.
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English et cetera, etc., from Latin etc., an abbreviation of et cetera (“and the rest [of the things]; and the other things”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ˌɛkˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/ (See Usage below)
Audio (US) (file)
Phrase
etc.
- And so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.
- The grocery sells cucumbers, lettuce, radishes, etc.
- The plagiarism was painfully obvious: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," etc.
Usage notes
- "Etc." is typically read out as the full Latin phrase et cetera rather than as letters (as with "i.e.") or as a contraction (as with "et seq."). It is, however, sometimes read out as its English calque and so on (as with "e.g.").
- In Latin, et cetera refers solely to other things. It is therefore properly avoided in lists of people, where "et al." (that is, et alii) is used instead. "Et al." is thus sometimes sharply distinguished from "etc." in English, although the same abbreviation also can stand for the Latin et alia, which is a synonym of "etc."
- Because "etc." effectively makes a list exhaustive, it is properly avoided when using other abbreviations (such as "e.g." and "viz.") that offer partial examples. If the "etc." is desired, "i.e." may be used in their place.
- Some speakers use a /k/ sound in place of the /t/ in the first word. This is usually proscribed and somewhat stigmatized. It is represented in eye dialect as "excetera", "exetera", or "ekcetera".
Synonyms
- et al. (sometimes distinguished: see Usage); ...; and the rest; and so on; and so forth; and so on and so forth; blah blah blah, etc. etc., and so on and so on Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "colloquial" is not valid. See WT:LOL.
Coordinate terms
Translations
and so on — see also and so forth
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Adverb
etc.
Synonyms
Fala
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin et cetera (“and more”).
Adverb
etc.
- etc. (and the rest; and so forth)
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Anexu: Nossa Fala:
- Por siglus, a xienti de capital (rica) i as mismas Instituciós (Iglexiia, Escuelas, Xiusticia, funcionarius, etc.) tiñan a fala cumu algo de ignorantis, atrasaus, vulgariai.
- For centuries, the people from the capital (rich) and the same institutions (Church, Schools, Justice, public servants, etc.) held Fala as something of ignorant people, backward people, vulgarity.
French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛt.se.te.ʁa/, (proscribed) /ɛk.se.te.ʁa/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Quebec" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ɛt.se.te.ʁa/, (informal) /ɛt.ʃe.te.ʁa/
Adverb
etc.
- et cetera (and so on)
Anagrams
German
Alternative forms
Adverb
etc.
Synonyms
Hungarian
Etymology
An abbreviation of Hungarian etcetera, from Latin et cetera (“and the rest [of the things]; and the other things”).
Pronoun
etc.
Synonyms
Latin
Alternative forms
Adverb
etc.
Middle English
Phrase
etc.
- Alternative form of et cetera
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Brazilian Portuguese" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /et(ʃ)(i)ˈsɛteɾɐ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "European Portuguese" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /etɨˈsɛteɾɐ/
Phrase
etc.
Spanish
Alternative forms
- &c. (obsolete)
Adverb
etc.
- Abbreviation of etcétera.
Swedish
Adverb
etc.
- Abbreviation of et cetera. Abbreviation of etcetera.
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