etc.
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle English et cetera, etc., from Latin etc., an abbreviation of et cetera (“and the rest [of the things]; and the other things”).
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˌɛt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ɪt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, (see usage notes) /ˌɛkˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ɪkˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/
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PhraseEdit
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.
- Synonym: asf
- The grocery shop sells cucumbers, lettuce, radishes, etc.
- The plagiarism was painfully obvious: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," etc.
Usage notesEdit
- "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 can also 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 places.
- 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".
SynonymsEdit
- ...
- and so forth
- and so on
- and the rest
- blah blah blah
- et al. (sometimes distinguished: see the usage notes)
- you name it
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TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
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DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdverbEdit
etc.
SynonymsEdit
FalaEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably borrowed from Spanish etc., itself an abbreviation of Latin et cētera.
AdverbEdit
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.
FrenchEdit
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PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ɛt.se.te.ʁa/, (proscribed) /ɛk.se.te.ʁa/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /ɛt.se.te.ʁa/, (informal) /ɛt.ʃe.te.ʁa/
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AdverbEdit
etc.
- et cetera (and so on)
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GermanEdit
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AdverbEdit
etc.
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
An abbreviation of Hungarian etcetera, from Latin et cetera (“and the rest [of the things]; and the other things”).
PronounEdit
etc.
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LatinEdit
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AdverbEdit
etc.
Middle EnglishEdit
PhraseEdit
etc.
- Alternative form of et cetera
PolishEdit
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etc.
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Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
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etc.
SpanishEdit
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- &c. (obsolete)
AdverbEdit
etc.
- Abbreviation of etcétera.
SwedishEdit
AdverbEdit
etc.
- Abbreviation of et cetera. Abbreviation of etcetera.