et al

[et al, ahl, awl]

et al

[et al, ahl, awl]
noun
1.
and elsewhere. Origin:
< Latin et alibi
2.
and others.

Origin:
< Latin et aliī (masculine plural), et alia (neuter plural)
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et al

adverb
1. 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); "the data reported by Smith et al." [syn: et al.
2. and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text) [syn: et al.
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