etc.

• etc, ec.
• &c., &c, &ca., &ca (archaic)

From Middle English et cetera, etc., from Latin etc., an abbreviation of et cetera (“and the rest [of the things]; and the other things”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛt ˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/, /ɪt ˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/

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• IPA^(key): (nonstandard, see usage notes) /ˌɛkˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/, /ɪkˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/

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• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ʔeˈt͡ʃeteɾa/ [ʔɛtˌt͡ʃɛː.t̪ɛˈɾa]

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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.

   Synonyms: and so forth, and so on, and the rest, blah blah blah, et al., you name it, ... (ellipses)

   Coordinate terms: et sq., vel sim.

   The grocery shop sells cucumbers, lettuce, radishes, etc.

   I like video games of strategy (Civilization, SimCity, etc.) and speed (such as Neverball).

• Etc. is typically read out as the full Latin phrase et cetera rather than as letters (as with i.e.) or as a contraction (as with et seq.). It is, however, sometimes read out as its English version and so on (as with e.g.).
• In Latin, et cetera refers solely to other things. On that etymological basis, it is often proscribed in lists of people in favor of et al. (abbreviation of et alii). Et al. can also stand for the Latin et alia, which is a synonym of etc.
• Since etc. effectively makes a list exhaustive, it is often proscribed when using other abbreviations (such as e.g. or viz.) that offer partial examples. If the etc. is desired, i.e. may be used in their places.
• The pronunciation with a velar plosive /k/ sound in place of the alveolar /t/ in the first word is usually proscribed and somewhat stigmatized. It is rendered in eye dialect excetera, exetera, or ekcetera.

• and a partridge in a pear tree
• and counting

• ect., 'Tec, tce, ECT, CTE, CET, TEC, 'tec, TCE

Abbreviation of et cetera.

etc.

1. etc.

• osv.

Probably borrowed from Spanish etc., itself an abbreviation of Latin et cētera.

etc.

1. etc. (and the rest; and so forth)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Anexu: Nossa Fala:

     Por siglus, a xienti de capital (rica) i as mismas Instituciós (Iglexiia, Escuelas, Xiusticia, funcionarius, etc.) tiñan a fala cumu algo de ignorantis, atrasaus, vulgariai.

     For centuries, the people from the capital (rich) and the same institutions (Church, Schools, Justice, public servants, etc.) held Fala as something of ignorant people, backward people, vulgarity.

• &c.
• & cetera
• et cetera
• et cætera, et caetera
• et cétéra

• IPA^(key): /ɛt.se.te.ʁa/, (proscribed) /ɛk.se.te.ʁa/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /ɛt.se.te.ʁa/, (informal) /ɛt.ʃe.te.ʁa/

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etc.

1. et cetera (and so on)

• cet

• &c., ⁊c.
• ꝛc.
• etce.

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1. etc.

   Synonym: usw.

An abbreviation of Hungarian etcetera, from Latin et cetera (“and the rest [of the things]; and the other things”).

etc.

1. etc.

• stb.

• &c (dated, rare outside titles)
• &c.

etc.

1. et cētera (and so forth)

etc.

1. alternative form of et cetera

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛt ˈt͡sɛ.tɛ.ra/, /ˈɛt t͡sɛˈtɛ.ra/
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

etc.

1. abbreviation of et cetera; etc.

• “etc.”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “etc.”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

• etc, ec.
• &c., &c, &ca., &ca (dated)

etc.

1. abbreviation of et cetera

• “etc.”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “etc.”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “etc.”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “etc.”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• &c. (obsolete)

etc.

1. abbreviation of etcétera

• (obsolete) &c.

etc.

1. abbreviation of et cetera or etcetera