et cetera

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English et cetera, from Latin et cētera (and the other things; and the rest of the things).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɛt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ˌɛkˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ɪt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ɪkˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/ (See Usage notes at etc.)
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Phrase

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et cetera

  1. (uncommon) The full form of etc.: and so forth, and the rest.

Usage notes

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Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Tagalog: etsetera

Translations

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Noun

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et cetera (plural et ceteras)

  1. Something in addition, which can easily be understood.

References

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  1. ^ et cetera, Latin phr.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin et cētera.

Pronunciation

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Phrase

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et cetera

  1. and so forth, et cetera
    Synonyms: enzovoort, enzoverder

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin et cētera.

Pronunciation

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Phrase

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et cetera

  1. et cetera

Further reading

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Latin

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Phrase

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et cētera

  1. 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

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See also

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin et cētera.

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Phrase

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et cetera

  1. et cetera

Descendants

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References

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Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin et cētera.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛt ˈt͡sɛ.tɛ.ra/, /ˈɛt t͡sɛˈtɛ.ra/
  • Syllabification: et ce‧te‧ra

Phrase

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et cetera

  1. and so on
    Synonym: i tak dalej

Further reading

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  • et cetera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • et cetera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Phrase

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et cetera

  1. et cetera; and so on

Romanian

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Adverb

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et cetera

  1. Alternative spelling of etcetera

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Adverb

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et cetera

  1. et cetera (and so on)

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