etcetera
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin et cetera (“etc.: and the other things”).
Phrase edit
etcetera
- Alternative form of et cetera
Usage notes edit
- As a phrase, proscribed except as eye dialect, as et cetera is two separate words.
Noun edit
etcetera (plural etceteras)
- Alternative form of et cetera
- 1834, Arthur Conolly, Journey to the North of India, page 42:
- The Toorkmuns keep their money and little valuable etceteras in large purses made of the skins of camels' necks.
- 1895 December 18, “Amusements”, in The Macleay Argus, number 656, Kempsey, N.S.W., page [3]:
- Now persons who are not clasified among those whom we have alluded to, have their own ideas on social subjects, and realise that billiard and card playing, loafing around pubs., patronising a play (when opportunity offers) with one’s “best girl,” and in the splenditude of Sunday attire, with a high collar and all the etceteras of masherdom, imagining that it is only a case of “look and conquer,” do not sum up the whole happiness in life.
- 1906 August, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “A Ruler of Men”, in H[arry] P[eyton] S[teger], editor, Rolling Stones, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company for Review of Reviews Co., published 1915, →OCLC, page 9:
- "When did you leave Oklahoma? Where is Reddy McGill now? Why are you selling those impossible contraptions on the street?["] […] "A year ago," answered Kansas Bill systematically. "Putting up windmills in Arizona. For pin money to buy etceteras with.["]
References edit
- “etcetera, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin et cētera (“and the others”).
Adverb edit
etcetera
- et cetera, and so on
- Synonyms: enzoverder, enzovoort, enzovoorts
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin et cētera (“and the others”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
etcetera
- et cetera
- Synonyms: proci, și așa mai departe
Swedish edit
Adverb edit
etcetera (not comparable)
- et cetera (and so on)