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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A common abbreviation of Latin et alii (masculine) or et aliæ (feminine), ‘and others’: used in legal captions: as, Smith, Brown, Jones, et al.
  2. n. An abbreviation of the Latin et alibi, ‘and elsewhere.’

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text)
  2. adv. and others ('et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people)
  3. adv. and others ('et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people)
  4. adv. and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text)

Examples

  • “Weston Electronic et al v Larson Associates — 3 1/2 hours (motion to quash subpoena, J Brietell)”

    Mistress of Justice

  • “It is a pity that Wakefield et al do not identify the manner in which the 12 children investigated were referred eg, from local general practitioners, self-referral via parents, or secondary/tertiary or international referral.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Panic Virus

  • ““Analysis of the Danish Autism Registry Data Base in Response to the Hviid et al Paper on Thimerosal in JAMA October, 2003.””

    Simon & Schuster: The Panic Virus

  • “Kreymborg et al - all these things are happily absent.”

    Prejudices : first series,

  • “But the messianic note that gets into the bulls and ukases of Pound himself, the profound solemnity of Miss Lowell, the windy chautauqua-like nothings of Lindsay, the contradictions of the Imagists, the puerilities of Kreymborg et al - all these things are happily absent.”

    Prejudices : first series,

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  1. et alia
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  • mollusque Just learned that he hails from Petaluma. Feb 24, 2008

  • kewpid Almost as prolific as 'Anonymous'. Jan 14, 2008

  • reesetee Oy. ;-) Dec 21, 2007

  • bilby Did he learn than from his shady Saudi cousin Ali bin Hannib, better known as Hannib Al? Dec 21, 2007

  • sionnach Smeagol's treasure, the bane of Isildur, was fashioned out of precious metal. When they took it away from him, it left him contorted in a manner quite fetal. He vowed revenge, that his next meal would involve Al's liver, some fava beans and a nice chianti. A nicely balanced vegetal snack. Dec 21, 2007

  • bilby You know, it could be al dente. And we know what he et. Dec 21, 2007

  • uselessness When I walk backwards, I just end up ssensselesu. Dec 20, 2007

  • reesetee That's using the old parietal lobe! Dec 20, 2007

  • bilby "I've heard et Al's going into business with Apple on an auction website that sells Latin relics." - iBid. Dec 20, 2007

  • mollusque He'll have to use centripetal force to escape. Dec 20, 2007

  • bilby Metallic swallowed him too. Poor dude. Dec 20, 2007

  • reesetee I hate it when that happens. Dec 20, 2007

  • bilby He told me he always walks forwards. If he walks backwards he never arrives on time. Dec 20, 2007

  • mollusque He gets swallowed up by nature. Dec 20, 2007

  • bilby Cool. Dec 20, 2007

  • reesetee Al Fresco. Quiet guy. Likes the outdoors. Dec 20, 2007

  • misterpolly So who is this Al guy who seems to have had a hand in almost every academic publication I've ever read? Dec 20, 2007

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‘et al’ has been looked up 1748 times, loved by 1 person, added to 9 lists, commented on 17 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.