"et cetera" meaning in English

See et cetera in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌɛt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ˌɛkˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ɪt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ɪkˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/ Audio: en-us-etc.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-et cetera.wav Forms: et ceteras [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English et cetera, from Latin et cētera (“and the other things; and the rest of the things”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|et cetera}} Middle English et cetera, {{der|en|la|et cētera||and the other things; and the rest of the things}} Latin et cētera (“and the other things; and the rest of the things”) Head templates: {{en-noun|nolinkhead=1}} et cetera (plural et ceteras)
  1. Something in addition, which can easily be understood.
    Sense id: en-et_cetera-en-noun-wkufj50o Categories (other): English coordinates, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English coordinates: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: & cetera [dated], ekcetera [pronunciation-spelling], ekcetra [pronunciation-spelling], excetera [pronunciation-spelling], exetera [pronunciation-spelling], et caetera [obsolete], et cætera [obsolete], etcetera [proscribed], et ceteræ [hypercorrect, obsolete]

Phrase

IPA: /ˌɛt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ˌɛkˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ɪt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ɪkˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/ Audio: en-us-etc.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-et cetera.wav
Etymology: From Middle English et cetera, from Latin et cētera (“and the other things; and the rest of the things”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|et cetera}} Middle English et cetera, {{der|en|la|et cētera||and the other things; and the rest of the things}} Latin et cētera (“and the other things; and the rest of the things”) Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=et cetera}} et cetera
  1. (uncommon) The full form of etc.: and so forth, and the rest. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-et_cetera-en-phrase-6EZ-hC9p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: & cetera [dated], ekcetera [pronunciation-spelling], ekcetra [pronunciation-spelling], excetera [pronunciation-spelling], exetera [pronunciation-spelling], et caetera [obsolete], et cætera [obsolete], etcetera [proscribed], et ceteræ [hypercorrect, obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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