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Et cetera (in English; /ɛtˈsɛtərə/; Latin pronunciation: [ɛt ˈkeːtɛra]), abbreviated to etc., etc, &c., or &c, is a Latin expression that is used in English to mean "and other similar things", or "and so forth". means 'and'; means 'the rest'. In Latin, the expression means "and the rest (of such things)". It is a calque of the Greek καὶ τὰ ἕτερα kai ta hetera, 'and the other things'. (The more usual Greek form is και τα λοιπά καὶ τὰ loipa, 'and the remainder'.)

The one-word spelling "etcetera" is commonly used and appears in some dictionaries. It is also sometimes spelled et caetera, et coetera, et cœtera, or etceteros. Some abbreviations that are still used in the United Kingdom, Australia, and India are considered archaic in the United States and commonly used only in legislation, notations for mathematics, or qualifications; these include &ca, etca, &/c., &e., &ct., &cm, etcm, &cs, and etcs. (The ampersand derives from a ligature of et. This is occasionally formed by knowing et to mean and but not realising & is equivalent to et.)

The phrase et cetera is often used to denote the logical continuation of some sort of series of descriptions. For example, in the following expression:

In blackletter (Gothic or Fraktur) typography, the "r rotunda" (ꝛ) is sometimes used for et in place of the similar-looking Tironian et (⁊).


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