et al.

See also: étal, e tal, et. al, and et al

English

Alternative forms

& al. (dated)
et al

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛtˈɑːl/, /eɪˈtɑːl/, /ɛtˈæl/

Etymology 1

From Latin, abbreviation of et (“and”) and alii (“others”) (English: et alii) and its forms and derivatives.

Phrase

et al.

And others; to complete a list, especially of people, as authors of a published work.

Usage notes

Formally preferred by some over etc. for lists of people in all contexts, reserving etc. for lists of things (inanimate objects); the distinction is sometimes ignored in casual use, and the two abbreviations are used synonymously in many contexts for completing lists except in very careful or formal use. However, in lists of authors of a published work, et al. is still regularly used.

Related terms

Translations

and others

Arabic: وَآخِرُون‎‎ (wa-ʾāḵirūn)
Armenian: եւ այլք (ew aylkʿ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 等人 (zh) (děng rén)，等等 (zh) (děngděng), 以及其他 (yǐjí qítā), 以及其他人 (yǐjí qítā rén) (of people)
Czech: a kol., a další
Danish: og andre, et al.
Dutch: en anderen
Estonian: jt (ja teised)
Finnish: ynnä muut
French: et al. (fr), et coll. (fr), & cie
German: u. a. (de) (und andere pl, und anderes n (of uncountable objects))
Greek: κ.ά. (el) (k.á.)
Hebrew: ואחרים‎‎ m pl (ve`acherim)
Hungarian: és tsai., et al.
Ido: ed altri
Indonesian: dkk. (dan kawan-kawan)
Italian: ed altri m

Japanese: ら (ja) (ra), など (ja) (nado)
Latin: et al., et al
Macedonian: и др. (mk) pl (i dr.)
Malay: dan lain-lain
Norwegian: og andre
Persian: و دیگران‎‎ (va digarān)
Polish: i in. (pl)
Portuguese: et al. (pt), e outros
Russian: и др. pl (i dr.), и други́е pl (i drugíje), и друго́е n (i drugóje) (of uncountable objects), и пр. (i pr.), и про́чие pl (i próčije), и про́чее n (i próčeje) (of uncountable objects)
Slovak: a ďalší
Spanish: y otros m pl, y otras f pl
Swedish: med flera pl, et al. (sv), m.fl. (sv)
Tagalog: at iba pa
Thai: และคณะ, และพวก
Turkish: ve diğerleri
Ukrainian: та ін. (uk) pl (ta in.), та інші pl (ta ínši)
Welsh: ac eraill

Etymology 2

From Latin, abbreviation of et (“and”) and alibī (“other places”) (English: et alibi).

Abbreviation

et al.

And elsewhere; to complete a list of places.

Related terms

et alibi

Anagrams

EATL, ETLA, Elta, TEAL, TEAl, Teal, late, leat, tael, tale, teal, tela

Danish

Phrase

et al.

et al.; used to complete a list of authors

Latin

Alternative forms

et al

Adverb

et al.

Abbreviation for et alii (masculine), et aliae (feminine) or et alia (neuter), in all cases meaning and others. Mixed-gender groups would use et alii.
Abbreviation for et alibi, meaning and other occurrences in a text.

Portuguese

Abbreviation

et al.

et al. (and others)

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