# et cetera
## English
### Alternative forms

* (abbreviated): See etc.
* (dated): & cetera
* (pronunciation spelling): ekcetera, ekcetra, excetera, exetera
* (obsolete): et caetera, et cætera
* (proscribed): etcetera
* (hypercorrect, obsolete): et ceteræ

### Etymology

From Middle English et cetera, from Latin et cētera (“and the other things; and the rest of the things”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɛt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ˌɛkˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ɪt ˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/, /ɪkˈsɛt(ə)ɹə/ (See Usage notes at etc.)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Phrase

et cetera
* (uncommon) The full form of etc.: and so forth, and the rest.

#### Usage notes

* See etc. for usage.

#### Synonyms

* See etc.

#### Descendants

* → Tagalog: etsetera

#### Translations
### Noun

et cetera (plural et ceteras)
* Something in addition, which can easily be understood.

### References

* ↑ “et cetera, Latin phr.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin et cētera.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Phrase

et cetera
* and so forth, et cetera
    Synonyms: enzovoort, enzoverder

## French
### Alternative forms

* et caetera, et cætera, & cetera, etc., &c.
* et cétéra, etcétéra (post-1990 spelling)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin et cētera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛt se.te.ʁa/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Phrase

et cetera
* et cetera

### Further reading

* “et cetera”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* (abbreviation): etc., etc, &c., et c.
* (nonstandard): et caetera, et cætera

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /et ˈkeː.te.ra/, [ɛt̪ ˈkeːt̪ɛrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /et ˈt͡ʃe.te.ra/, [ɛt̪ ˈt͡ʃɛːt̪erä]

### Phrase

et cētera
* et cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar or already-known fashion.

#### Descendants

* → Middle English: et cetera, etc., & cetera, &c
** English: et cetera, etc.
*** → Tagalog: etsetera

### See also

* et hoc genus omne

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* etc., & cetera, &c

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin et cētera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛt sɛtəraː/

### Phrase

et cetera
* et cetera

#### Descendants

* English: et cetera, etc.
** → Tagalog: etsetera

#### References

* “et cetera, Latin phr.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-26.

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* etc. (abbreviated)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin et cētera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛt ˈt͡sɛtɛra/, /ˈɛt t͡sɛˈtɛra/
* Syllabification: et ce‧te‧ra

### Phrase

et cetera
* and so on
    Synonym: i tak dalej

### Further reading

* et cetera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* et cetera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* etc. (abbreviated)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /etˈsɛ.te.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /etˈsɛ.te.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /etˈsɛ.te.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛt ˈsɛ.tɨ.ɾɐ/

### Phrase

et cetera
* et cetera; and so on

## Romanian
### Adverb

et cetera
* Alternative spelling of etcetera

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* etcetera, etc.

### Adverb

et cetera
* et cetera (and so on)

#### Synonyms

* och så vidare