| Main Entry: | et alia |
| Part of Speech: | adv |
| Definition: | and others |
| Usage: | neutral plural of et al; et alii is masculine plural, et aliae is feminine plural |
| et alia | |
adverb | |
| 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.] |