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Translingual
editGlyph origin
editA 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
edit& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of and.
Symbol
edit& (English symbol name ampersand)
- (programming) Used in some programming languages for different purposes.
- (networking) In a URL, separates each field-value pair of a query string .
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
edit- 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
editEtymology
editOrthographic borrowing from Latin &
Pronunciation
editConjunction
edit& (siglum)
- 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.”
- (dated) Abbreviation of et in borrowed Latin phrases such as et cetera.
Derived terms
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editTranslations
editCatalan
editConjunction
edit& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of i.
Esperanto
editConjunction
edit& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of kaj.
French
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /e/
Audio; “et commercial”: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Conjunction
edit&
- (siglum) Abbreviation of et.
Italian
editConjunction
edit& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of e.
- Abbreviation of ed.
- (dated) Abbreviation of et.
Japanese
editParticle
edit- Abbreviation of アンド.
Latin
editConjunction
edit& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of et; historically a scribal abbreviation of et.
Derived terms
edit- &̄ (etiam)
Letter
edit& (siglum)
- Scribal abbreviation of et.
Related terms
editPortuguese
editConjunction
edit& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of e.
Spanish
editConjunction
edit& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of y.
- Abbreviation of e.
Swedish
editConjunction
edit& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of och.
- Synonym: o̲
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