English

Alternative forms

• etc
• (dated): &c., &c, et cetera, & cetera
• (obsolete): et cætera, et caetera
• (proscribed, dated): etcetera
• (hypercorrect, obsolete): et ceteræ

Phrase

etc.

1. 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.

   The grocery sells cucumbers, lettuce, radishes, etc.

   The plagiarism was painfully obvious: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," etc.

Synonyms

• et al. (sometimes distinguished: see Usage); ...; and the rest; and so on; and so forth; and so on and so forth; blah blah blah, etc. etc., and so on and so on (colloquial)

Usage notes

• "Etc." is typically read out as the full Latin phrase et cetera rather than (as with "i.e.") as letters or (as with "et seq.") as a contraction. It is, however, sometimes read out (as with "e.g.") as its English calque and so on.
• In Latin, et cetera refers solely to other things. It is therefore properly avoided in lists of people, where "et al." (that is, et alii) is used instead. "Et al." is thus sometimes sharply distinguished from "etc." in English, although the same abbreviation also can stand for the Latin et alia, which is a synonym of "etc."
• Because "etc." effectively makes a list exhaustive, it is properly avoided when using other abbreviations (such as "e.g." and "viz.") that offer partial examples. If the "etc." is desired, "i.e." may be used in their place.
• Some speakers use a /k/ sound in place of the /t/ in the first word. This is usually proscribed and somewhat stigmatized. It is represented in eye dialect as "excetera", "exetera", or "ekcetera".

Coordinate terms

• et seq.

Translations

Statistics

Anagrams

• CET
• ECT
• TEC

Fala

Etymology

From Latin et cetera ‎(“and more”).

Adverb

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.

French

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

etc.

1. et cetera (and so on)

Anagrams

• cet

German

Alternative forms

• &c.
• ⁊c.
• ꝛc.

Adverb

etc.

1. etc.

Synonyms

• usw.

Hungarian

Etymology

Abbreviation of et cetera ‎(“and the rest”).

Pronoun

etc.

1. etc.

Synonyms

• stb.

Latin

Alternative forms

• &c.

Abbreviation

etc.

1. et cētera (and so forth)

Portuguese

Phrase

etc.

1. Abbreviation of et cetera.

Swedish

Abbreviation

etc.

1. Abbreviation of et cetera. Abbreviation of etcetera.