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TranslingualEdit
Glyph originEdit
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.
ConjunctionEdit
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of and.
SymbolEdit
&
- (programming) Used in some programming languages for different purposes.
- (networking) In a URL, separates each field-value pair of a query string .
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- 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
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Orthographic borrowing from Latin &
ConjunctionEdit
& (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.
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CatalanEdit
ConjunctionEdit
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of i.
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
&
- (siglum) Abbreviation of et.
ItalianEdit
ConjunctionEdit
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of e.
- Abbreviation of ed.
- (dated) Abbreviation of et.
JapaneseEdit
ParticleEdit
- Abbreviation of アンド.
LatinEdit
ConjunctionEdit
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of et; historically a scribal abbreviation of et.
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LetterEdit
& (siglum)
- Scribal abbreviation of et.
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PortugueseEdit
ConjunctionEdit
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of e.
SpanishEdit
ConjunctionEdit
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of y.
- Abbreviation of e.
SwedishEdit
ConjunctionEdit
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of och.