phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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et cetera.
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/ˌɛt ˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/
/ɪt ˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
nonstandard:/ˌɛkˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/
/ɪkˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/
UK:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Philippines:/ʔeˈt͡ʃeteɾa/ [ʔɛtˌt͡ʃɛː.t̪ɛˈɾa]
CMU ARPABET:EH2 T S EH1 T ER0 AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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phrase
Meaning 1
Abbreviation of et cetera: and so on; used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Examples
The grocery shop sells cucumbers, lettuce, radishes, etc.
I like video games of strategy (Civilization, SimCity, etc.) and speed (such as Neverball).
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: and so forth, and so on, and the rest, blah blah blah, et al., you name it, mul:...
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
continuing in the same way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: and so forth, and so on, etcetera
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English et cetera, etc., from Latin etc., an abbreviation of et cetera (“and the rest [of the things]; and the other things”).
Across languages
Translations
97 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
ens
— and so on — see also and so forth
Albanian:
etj.
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Arabic:
إِلَخ
(ʔilaḵ)
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Arabic:
كذا
(kaḏā)
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Arabic:
إِلَخ
(ʔilaḵ)
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Armenian:
եւն
(ewn)
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Azerbaijani:
və s.
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Azerbaijani:
i.a.
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Belarusian:
і г. д.
(i h. d.)
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Bulgarian:
и т.н.
(i t.n.)
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Catalan:
etc.
— and so on — see also and so forth
Czech:
atd.
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Czech:
aj.
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Danish:
etc.
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Danish:
osv.
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Dutch:
enz.
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Dutch:
etc.
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Esperanto:
ktp
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Esperanto:
ktp.
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Estonian:
jne
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Faroese:
o.s.fr.
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Finnish:
jne.
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Finnish:
ym.
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French:
etc.
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Georgian:
და ა.შ.
(da a.š.)
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German:
usw.
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German:
etc.
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Greek:
κτλ.
(ktl.)
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Greek:
κλπ.
(klp.)
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Greenlandic:
il.il.
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Hebrew:
וְכוּ׳
(v'khú.)
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Hebrew:
וְכַד׳
(v'chad.)
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Hungarian:
stb.
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Icelandic:
o.s.frv.
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Ido:
e.c.
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Ido:
edc.
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Indonesian:
dll.
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Indonesian:
dsb.
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Ingrian:
j.n.e.
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Irish:
srl.
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Irish:
⁊rl.
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Old Irish:
⁊rl.
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Italian:
ecc.
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Javanese:
lsp.
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Kazakh:
т.б.
(t.b.)
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Northern Kurdish:
hwd.
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Latin:
etc.
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Latvian:
utt.
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Lingala:
b.n.b.
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Lithuanian:
ir kt.
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Lithuanian:
ir pan.
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Lithuanian:
ir t.t.
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Macedonian:
итн.
(itn.)
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Malay:
dll.
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Malay:
dsb.
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Manx:
a.r.e.
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Eastern Mari:
т. м.
(t. m.)
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Mongolian:
гэх мэт
(gex met)
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Norwegian Bokmål:
osv.
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Norwegian Bokmål:
etc.
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
osb.
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
osv.
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
etc.
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Ossetian:
ӕмӕ аф. д.
(æmæ af. d.)
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Pannonian Rusyn:
итд.
(itd.)
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Polish:
itp.
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Polish:
itd.
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Polish:
etc.
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Portuguese:
etc.
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Romanian:
ș.a.m.d.
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Romanian:
etc.
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Romanian:
etc
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Russian:
и т. д.
(i t. d.)
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Russian:
и т. п.
(i t. p.)
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Scottish Gaelic:
msaa
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Scottish Gaelic:
⁊c.
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Serbo-Croatian:
итд.
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Serbo-Croatian:
itd.
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Slovak:
atď.
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Slovene:
itd.
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Sotho:
jj.
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Spanish:
etc.
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Swahili:
n.k.
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Swedish:
o.s.v.
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Swedish:
etc.
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Swedish:
o.dyl.
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Swedish:
o.likn.
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Tagalog:
atbp.
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Tajik:
ва ғ.
(va ġ.)
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Turkish:
vb
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Ukrainian:
і т. д.
(i t. d.)
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Ukrainian:
і т. п.
(i t. p.)
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Vietnamese:
v.v.
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Welsh:
ayyb
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Welsh:
a.y.y.b.
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Yiddish:
אא״וו
(u.a.v.)
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