et cetera
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
& cetera (dated)
etcetera (proscribed)
ekcetera, ekcetra, excetera, exetera (nonstandard)
et caetera, et cætera (obsolete)
et ceteræ (hypercorrect, obsolete)
=== Etymology ===
From Middle English et cetera, from Latin et cētera (“and the other things; and the rest of the things”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˌɛt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ˌɛkˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ɪt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ɪkˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/ (See Usage notes at etc.)
=== Phrase ===
et cetera (abbreviation etc.)
(uncommon) Unabbreviated form of etc..
==== Usage notes ====
See usage notes at etc..
==== Descendants ====
→ Tagalog: etsetera
==== Translations ====
=== Noun ===
et cetera (plural et ceteras)
Something in addition, which can easily be understood.
=== References ===
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin et cētera.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˌɛt ˈseː.tə.raː/
=== Phrase ===
et cetera
and so forth, et cetera
Synonyms: enzovoort, enzoverder
== French ==
=== Alternative forms ===
et caetera, et cætera, & cetera, etc., &c.
et cétéra, etcétéra (post-1990 spelling)
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin et cētera.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɛt se.te.ʁa/
=== Phrase ===
et cetera
et cetera
=== Further reading ===
“et cetera”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Latin ==
=== Alternative forms ===
(abbreviation): etc., etc, &c., et c.
(nonstandard): et caetera, et cætera
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛt ˈkeː.tɛ.ra]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛt ˈt͡ʃɛː.te.ra]
=== Phrase ===
et cētera
et cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar or already-known fashion.
==== Descendants ====
→ Middle English: et cetera, etc., & cetera, &cEnglish: et cetera→ Tagalog: etsetera
→ Spanish: etcétera
=== See also ===
et hoc genus omne
== Middle English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
etc., & cetera, &c
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin et cētera.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɛt sɛtəraː/
=== Phrase ===
et cetera
et cetera
==== Descendants ====
English: et cetera→ Tagalog: etsetera
==== References ====
“et cetera, Latin phr.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 October 2018.
== Polish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
etc. (abbreviation)
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin et cētera.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɛt ˈt͡sɛ.tɛ.ra/, /ˈɛt t͡sɛˈtɛ.ra/
Syllabification: et ce‧te‧ra
=== Phrase ===
et cetera
and so on
Synonym: i tak dalej
=== Further reading ===
et cetera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
et cetera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
et caetera, etcétera
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Phrase ===
et cetera (abbreviation etc.)
et cetera; and so on
=== Further reading ===
“et cetera”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“et cetera”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“et cetera”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“et cetera”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Adverb ===
et cetera
alternative spelling of etcetera
== Swedish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
etcetera, etc.
=== Adverb ===
et cetera
et cetera (and so on)
==== Synonyms ====
och så vidare