"-&" meaning in All languages combined

See -& on Wiktionary

Suffix [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form}} -&, {{tlb|la|Medieval Latin|uncommon}} (Medieval Latin, uncommon)
  1. scribal abbreviation of -et Tags: Medieval-Latin, morpheme, uncommon Related terms: -ꝫ

Suffix [Translingual]

Etymology: Derived from & (symbol for multiplicity). Head templates: {{head|mul|&}} -&
  1. (multiplicity slang) Added to pronouns and proper nouns to indicate a plural referent. Tags: morpheme
{
  "etymology_text": "Derived from & (symbol for multiplicity).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "&"
      },
      "expansion": "-&",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Translingual &s",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              4
            ],
            [
              8,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "text": "you&, we&",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Baodi&",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Added to pronouns and proper nouns to indicate a plural referent."
      ],
      "id": "en--&-mul-suffix-hxbZySJU",
      "links": [
        [
          "multiplicity",
          "multiplicity#English:_multiple_personalities"
        ],
        [
          "pronoun",
          "pronoun#English"
        ],
        [
          "proper noun",
          "proper noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "plural",
          "plural#English"
        ],
        [
          "referent",
          "referent#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "multiplicity slang",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(multiplicity slang) Added to pronouns and proper nouns to indicate a plural referent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-&"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "suffix form"
      },
      "expansion": "-&",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Medieval Latin",
        "3": "uncommon"
      },
      "expansion": "(Medieval Latin, uncommon)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              152,
              153
            ],
            [
              203,
              204
            ],
            [
              212,
              213
            ]
          ],
          "english": "We, or, if we may have been outside the Kingdom, our chief justice, will dispatch two justices to each county four times per year who, with four knights of each county elected by that county, may hold in the county, on such day and in such place, the aforementioned county assizes.",
          "ref": "1215, Magna Carta (Charter Cotton Augustus II. 106):",
          "roman": "Nos vel si extra Regum fuerimus capitalis Iusticiarius noster mittemus duos Justitarios per unumquemque Comitatum per quatuor vices in anno qui cum quatuor militibus cuiuslibet comitatus electis per comitatum capiant in comitatu et in die et loco comitatus assisas predictas",
          "text": "Nos ul̵ ſi exͣ̃ Regnum fu͛im᷒ capiꞇal̵ Iuſi͠c n͠r miꞇꞇem᷒ ꝺuoſ Juſi͠ꞇ ꝑ unumqͤmqꝫ Comiꞇaꞇũ ꝑ qͣ̃ꞇuoꝛ V⟨ices⟩ i⟨n anno⟩ qui cum qͣ̃ꞇuoꝛ miliꞇibꝫ cuiuſlib& comiꞇaꞇ᷒ elecꞇis ꝑ comiꞇaꞇum capianꞇ in comiꞇaꞇu & in ꝺie & loco comiꞇaꞇ᷒ aſſiſas preꝺicꞇaſ",
          "translation": "We, or, if we may have been outside the Kingdom, our chief justice, will dispatch two justices to each county four times per year who, with four knights of each county elected by that county, may hold in the county, on such day and in such place, the aforementioned county assizes.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scribal abbreviation of -et"
      ],
      "id": "en--&-la-suffix-apqGrxqP",
      "links": [
        [
          "-et",
          "-et#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "-ꝫ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "morpheme",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-&"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "suffix form"
      },
      "expansion": "-&",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Medieval Latin",
        "3": "uncommon"
      },
      "expansion": "(Medieval Latin, uncommon)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-ꝫ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin scribal abbreviations",
        "Latin suffix forms",
        "Latin terms spelled with &",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin uncommon terms",
        "Medieval Latin",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              152,
              153
            ],
            [
              203,
              204
            ],
            [
              212,
              213
            ]
          ],
          "english": "We, or, if we may have been outside the Kingdom, our chief justice, will dispatch two justices to each county four times per year who, with four knights of each county elected by that county, may hold in the county, on such day and in such place, the aforementioned county assizes.",
          "ref": "1215, Magna Carta (Charter Cotton Augustus II. 106):",
          "roman": "Nos vel si extra Regum fuerimus capitalis Iusticiarius noster mittemus duos Justitarios per unumquemque Comitatum per quatuor vices in anno qui cum quatuor militibus cuiuslibet comitatus electis per comitatum capiant in comitatu et in die et loco comitatus assisas predictas",
          "text": "Nos ul̵ ſi exͣ̃ Regnum fu͛im᷒ capiꞇal̵ Iuſi͠c n͠r miꞇꞇem᷒ ꝺuoſ Juſi͠ꞇ ꝑ unumqͤmqꝫ Comiꞇaꞇũ ꝑ qͣ̃ꞇuoꝛ V⟨ices⟩ i⟨n anno⟩ qui cum qͣ̃ꞇuoꝛ miliꞇibꝫ cuiuſlib& comiꞇaꞇ᷒ elecꞇis ꝑ comiꞇaꞇum capianꞇ in comiꞇaꞇu & in ꝺie & loco comiꞇaꞇ᷒ aſſiſas preꝺicꞇaſ",
          "translation": "We, or, if we may have been outside the Kingdom, our chief justice, will dispatch two justices to each county four times per year who, with four knights of each county elected by that county, may hold in the county, on such day and in such place, the aforementioned county assizes.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scribal abbreviation of -et"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-et",
          "-et#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "morpheme",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-&"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Derived from & (symbol for multiplicity).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "&"
      },
      "expansion": "-&",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Translingual &s",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual multiplicity slang",
        "Translingual terms spelled with &",
        "Translingual terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              4
            ],
            [
              8,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "text": "you&, we&",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Baodi&",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Added to pronouns and proper nouns to indicate a plural referent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "multiplicity",
          "multiplicity#English:_multiple_personalities"
        ],
        [
          "pronoun",
          "pronoun#English"
        ],
        [
          "proper noun",
          "proper noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "plural",
          "plural#English"
        ],
        [
          "referent",
          "referent#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "multiplicity slang",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(multiplicity slang) Added to pronouns and proper nouns to indicate a plural referent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-&"
}

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