See also: ETC and 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.

  1. 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".

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Abbreviation of et cetera.

AdverbEdit

etc.

  1. etc.

SynonymsEdit

FalaEdit

EtymologyEdit

Probably borrowed from Spanish etc., itself an abbreviation of Latin et cētera.

AdverbEdit

etc.

  1. 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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  • (file)

AdverbEdit

etc.

  1. et cetera (and so on)

AnagramsEdit

GermanEdit

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PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

etc.

  1. etc.
    Synonym: usw.

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

An abbreviation of Hungarian etcetera, from Latin et cetera (and the rest [of the things]; and the other things).

PronounEdit

etc.

  1. etc.

SynonymsEdit

LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • &c (dated, rare outside titles)
  • &c.

AdverbEdit

etc.

  1. et cētera (and so forth)

Middle EnglishEdit

PhraseEdit

etc.

  1. Alternative form of et cetera

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɛt ˈt͡sɛ.tɛ.ra/, /ɛt t͡sɛˈtɛ.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛra

PhraseEdit

etc.

  1. Abbreviation of et cetera; etc.

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • etc. in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • etc. in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

PhraseEdit

etc.

  1. Abbreviation of et cetera.

SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

AdverbEdit

etc.

  1. Abbreviation of etcétera.

SwedishEdit

AdverbEdit

etc.

  1. Abbreviation of et cetera. Abbreviation of etcetera.