&
See also: -&, &̄, and Appendix:Variations of "et"
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Translingual
Glyph origin
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.
Conjunction
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of and.
Symbol
&
- (programming) Used in some programming languages for different purposes.
- Dereferencing memory address.
- Bitwise "and" operator.
- (networking) In a URL, separates each field-value pair of a query string .
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Synonyms
- ⁊
Derived terms
- (mathematics) ⅋
- & ;
- v& (to be arrested)
Related terms
- ⁊
See also
- 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
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Latin &
Conjunction
& (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.”
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- (dated) Abbreviation of et in borrowed Latin phrases such as et cetera.
Derived terms
- & alii, & al.
- & cetera, & c.
- & hoc genus omne
- & iam, & i.
- & seq., & seqq.
- & uxor, & ux.
Related terms
- ampersand
Translations
abbreviation of “and”
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Catalan
Conjunction
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of i.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e/
Audio: "et commerciel" (file) Audio (Switzerland) (file)
Conjunction
&
- (siglum) Abbreviation of et.
Italian
Conjunction
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of e.
- Abbreviation of ed.
- (dated) Abbreviation of et.
Japanese
Particle
& • (ando) (siglum)
- Abbreviation of アンド.
Latin
Conjunction
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of et; historically a scribal abbreviation of et.
Derived terms
- &̄
Letter
& (siglum)
- Scribal abbreviation of et.
Related terms
- -&
Portuguese
Conjunction
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of e.
Spanish
Conjunction
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of y.
- Abbreviation of e.
Swedish
Conjunction
& (siglum)
- Abbreviation of och.