"@" meaning in Translingual

See @ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Symbol

Forms: at sign [English, name, symbol]
Etymology: A cursive variation of ᾱ or ᾱᾱ, the abbreviation of Greek ἀνά (aná) used in recipes and prescriptions with the meaning "of each", and later extended to accounting. (Other explanations have that it is ā, an abbreviation of Latin ad (“to”), or French à (“to”).) Use to create gender-neutral spellings of Spanish and Portuguese words is due to the fact that @ resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o. Etymology templates: {{lang|grc|ᾱ}} ᾱ, {{lang|grc|ᾱᾱ}} ᾱᾱ, {{m|grc|ἀνά}} ἀνά (aná), {{m|la|ad||to}} ad (“to”), {{m|fr|à||to}} à (“to”), {{-a-o-@|en}} @ resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o. Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol|English symbol name|at sign|or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|sc=Zsym|sort=}} @ (English symbol name at sign), {{mul-symbol|name=at sign}} @ (English symbol name at sign)
  1. (computing) The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address ("at" the domain name). Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-@-mul-symbol-xSKU62bZ Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Translingual terms with non-redundant manual script codes Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 54 9 10 10 16 Disambiguation of Translingual terms with non-redundant manual script codes: 54 8 9 10 19 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. At the rate of; per.
    Sense id: en-@-mul-symbol-4oKUZqN-
  3. (computing, IRC) The most common choice of configurable prefix symbol to identify a channel operator. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-@-mul-symbol-ziCFKI1f Topics: IRC, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (Internet) Prepended to the name of the user to whom a remark is addressed. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-@-mul-symbol-0jTHNSsw
  5. (phonetics) A pulse of laughter. (Thus @@@ is the transcription equivalent of ha! ha! ha! or hee! hee! hee! etc. in conventional orthography.) Categories (topical): Phonetics
    Sense id: en-@-mul-symbol-WYYOUP2I Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: at sign [English]

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for @ meaning in Translingual (5.3kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ᾱ"
      },
      "expansion": "ᾱ",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ᾱᾱ"
      },
      "expansion": "ᾱᾱ",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἀνά"
      },
      "expansion": "ἀνά (aná)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ad",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to"
      },
      "expansion": "ad (“to”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "à",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to"
      },
      "expansion": "à (“to”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "@ resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o.",
      "name": "-a-o-@"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A cursive variation of ᾱ or ᾱᾱ, the abbreviation of Greek ἀνά (aná) used in recipes and prescriptions with the meaning \"of each\", and later extended to accounting. (Other explanations have that it is ā, an abbreviation of Latin ad (“to”), or French à (“to”).)\nUse to create gender-neutral spellings of Spanish and Portuguese words is due to the fact that @ resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "at sign",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "name",
        "symbol"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "10": "",
        "2": "symbol",
        "3": "English symbol name",
        "4": "at sign",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "",
        "9": "or",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1lang": "en",
        "f1nolink": "",
        "f2lang": "en",
        "f2nolink": "",
        "f3lang": "en",
        "f3nolink": "",
        "f4lang": "en",
        "f4nolink": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "sc": "Zsym",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "@ (English symbol name at sign)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "name": "at sign"
      },
      "expansion": "@ (English symbol name at sign)",
      "name": "mul-symbol"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "English"
      ],
      "word": "at sign"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mul",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "mul:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 9 10 10 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 8 9 10 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Translingual terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My e-mail address is psychonaut@example.com.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address (\"at\" the domain name)."
      ],
      "id": "en-@-mul-symbol-xSKU62bZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "separator",
          "separator"
        ],
        [
          "username",
          "username"
        ],
        [
          "domain name",
          "domain name"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address (\"at\" the domain name)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "7 @ $2 = $14",
          "text": "(that is, seven, at two dollars each, are fourteen dollars).",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "At the rate of; per."
      ],
      "id": "en-@-mul-symbol-4oKUZqN-",
      "links": [
        [
          "per",
          "per"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mul",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "mul:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The most common choice of configurable prefix symbol to identify a channel operator."
      ],
      "id": "en-@-mul-symbol-ziCFKI1f",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "IRC",
          "IRC"
        ],
        [
          "prefix",
          "prefix"
        ],
        [
          "channel",
          "channel"
        ],
        [
          "operator",
          "operator"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, IRC) The most common choice of configurable prefix symbol to identify a channel operator."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "IRC",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mul",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "mul:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Jack: @Bob, you need to protect the files with a password.",
          "text": "Bob: How can I stop other people from accessing my files when they use my computer?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Prepended to the name of the user to whom a remark is addressed."
      ],
      "id": "en-@-mul-symbol-0jTHNSsw",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "user",
          "user"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet) Prepended to the name of the user to whom a remark is addressed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mul",
          "name": "Phonetics",
          "orig": "mul:Phonetics",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pulse of laughter. (Thus @@@ is the transcription equivalent of ha! ha! ha! or hee! hee! hee! etc. in conventional orthography.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-@-mul-symbol-WYYOUP2I",
      "links": [
        [
          "phonetics",
          "phonetics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(phonetics) A pulse of laughter. (Thus @@@ is the transcription equivalent of ha! ha! ha! or hee! hee! hee! etc. in conventional orthography.)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "At sign"
  ],
  "word": "@"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
    "Translingual lemmas",
    "Translingual symbols",
    "Translingual terms with non-redundant manual script codes"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ᾱ"
      },
      "expansion": "ᾱ",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ᾱᾱ"
      },
      "expansion": "ᾱᾱ",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἀνά"
      },
      "expansion": "ἀνά (aná)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ad",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to"
      },
      "expansion": "ad (“to”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "à",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to"
      },
      "expansion": "à (“to”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "@ resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o.",
      "name": "-a-o-@"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A cursive variation of ᾱ or ᾱᾱ, the abbreviation of Greek ἀνά (aná) used in recipes and prescriptions with the meaning \"of each\", and later extended to accounting. (Other explanations have that it is ā, an abbreviation of Latin ad (“to”), or French à (“to”).)\nUse to create gender-neutral spellings of Spanish and Portuguese words is due to the fact that @ resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "at sign",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "name",
        "symbol"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "10": "",
        "2": "symbol",
        "3": "English symbol name",
        "4": "at sign",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "",
        "9": "or",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1lang": "en",
        "f1nolink": "",
        "f2lang": "en",
        "f2nolink": "",
        "f3lang": "en",
        "f3nolink": "",
        "f4lang": "en",
        "f4nolink": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "sc": "Zsym",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "@ (English symbol name at sign)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "name": "at sign"
      },
      "expansion": "@ (English symbol name at sign)",
      "name": "mul-symbol"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "English"
      ],
      "word": "at sign"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Translingual terms with usage examples",
        "mul:Computing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My e-mail address is psychonaut@example.com.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address (\"at\" the domain name)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "separator",
          "separator"
        ],
        [
          "username",
          "username"
        ],
        [
          "domain name",
          "domain name"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address (\"at\" the domain name)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Translingual terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "7 @ $2 = $14",
          "text": "(that is, seven, at two dollars each, are fourteen dollars).",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "At the rate of; per."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "per",
          "per"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "mul:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The most common choice of configurable prefix symbol to identify a channel operator."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "IRC",
          "IRC"
        ],
        [
          "prefix",
          "prefix"
        ],
        [
          "channel",
          "channel"
        ],
        [
          "operator",
          "operator"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, IRC) The most common choice of configurable prefix symbol to identify a channel operator."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "IRC",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "mul:Internet"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Jack: @Bob, you need to protect the files with a password.",
          "text": "Bob: How can I stop other people from accessing my files when they use my computer?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Prepended to the name of the user to whom a remark is addressed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "user",
          "user"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet) Prepended to the name of the user to whom a remark is addressed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "mul:Phonetics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pulse of laughter. (Thus @@@ is the transcription equivalent of ha! ha! ha! or hee! hee! hee! etc. in conventional orthography.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "phonetics",
          "phonetics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(phonetics) A pulse of laughter. (Thus @@@ is the transcription equivalent of ha! ha! ha! or hee! hee! hee! etc. in conventional orthography.)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "At sign"
  ],
  "word": "@"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Translingual dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.