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ETAL
(et-AL)
Latin
abbreviation meaning: “And others”
Common clues:
List ender; List-shortening
abbr.; Bibliographer's abbr.; Etc. relative; Catchall abbr.; And
others: Abbr.; Latin abbr.
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Et
alii (et al.)
"And
others" — used to abbreviate a list of names (Alii
is actually masculine, so it can be used for men, or groups of
men and women; the feminine et
aliae
is appropriate when the "others" are all female.)
Latin
Documentary Text
(Acknowledgement
of Debt)
2nd
Century AD
Caesarea,
Mauretania
Some
other common Latin abbreviations:
Ad
libitum (ad lib)
"At
ease" — means "do as you please",
"improvise", "just ramble on"; especially in
music, theatrical scripts, etc..
Et
cetera (etc. or &c.)
"And
the rest" — nowadays also "and others", "and
so on", "and more".
Exempli
gratia (e.g.)
Literally
"for the sake of example", usually rendered in English
as "for example." See: citation signal. (An alternative
interpretation of this abbreviation: "example given".)
Ibidem
(ibid.)
"In
the same place" — usually in bibliographic citations.
Id
est (i.e.)
"That
is (to say)", abbreviated as "i.e." —
sometimes "in this case," depending on the context.
When
celebrating this holiday (i.e., Christmas), hang a wreath on your
door.
It is never equivalent to "e.g.".
Opere
citato (op. cit.)
"In
work (already) cited" — used in academic works when
referring again to the last source mentioned or used.
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