Meanings
et al.1
alternative & al. · alternative et al
- And others; to complete a list, especially of persons, as authors of a published work.
The total area of mangrove on Tutuila and Aunu'u was estimated at 91 ha by Amerson et al. (1982) and at 52 ha by Cole et al. (1988).
1993, Derek A. Scott, “A DIRECTORY OF WETLANDS IN OCEANIA”, in Wetlands International, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018, page 16
et al.2
Synonyms & antonyms
adverband 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)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
et al. · phrase
From Latin, abbreviation of et aliī (“and others”) (English: et alii) and its forms and derivatives.
Full word history & related roots →et al. · phrase
From Latin, abbreviation of and other places (English: et alibi).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic وَآخِرُون
- وَآخِرُون (wa-ʔāḵirūn)and others
Bulgarian и др., и дру́ги
- и др. (i dr.)and others
- и дру́ги (i drúgi)and others
Chinese Mandarin 等人, 等等
- 等人 (děng rén)and others
- 等等 (děngděng)and others
- 以及其他 (yǐjí qítā)and others
- 以及其他人 (yǐjí qítā rén)and others
Czech a kol., a další
- a kol.and others
- a dalšíand others
Danish og andre, et al.
- og andreand others
- et al.and others
Dutch en anderen
- en anderenand others
Estonian jt (ja teised)
- jt (ja teised)and others
Finnish ynnä muut
- ynnä muutand others
French et al., et coll.
- et al.and others
- et coll.and others
- & cieand others
German u. a.
- u. a.and others
Greek κ.ά.
- κ.ά. (k.á.)and others
Hebrew ואחרים
- ואחריםand others
Hungarian és tsai., et al.
- és tsai.and others
- et al.and others
Indonesian dkk. (dan kawan-kawan)
- dkk. (dan kawan-kawan)and others
Italian ed altri
- ed altriand others
Japanese ら, など
- ら (ra)and others
- など (nado)and others
Latin et al.
- et al.and others
Latvian un citi, u. c.
- un citiand others
- u. c.and others
Malay dan lain-lain
- dan lain-lainand others
Norwegian Bokmål et al.
- et al.and others
Persian و دیگران
- و دیگران (va digarân)and others
Polish i in., et al
- i in.and others
- et aland others
Portuguese et al., e outros
- et al.and others
- e outrosand others
Russian и др., и други́е
- и др. (i dr.)and others
- и други́е (i drugíje)and others
- и друго́е (i drugóje)and others
- и пр. (i pr.)and others
- и про́чие (i próčije)and others
- и про́чее (i próčeje)and others
Slovak a ďalší
- a ďalšíand others
Spanish y otros, y otras
- y otrosand others
- y otrasand others
Swedish med flera, et al.
- med fleraand others
- et al.and others
- m.fl.and others
Tagalog at iba pa
- at iba paand others
Thai และคณะ, และพวก
- และคณะand others
- และพวกand others
Turkish ve diğerleri
- ve diğerleriand others
Ukrainian та ін., та і́нші
- та ін. (ta in.)and others
- та і́нші (ta ínši)and others
Vietnamese và cộng sự
- và cộng sựand others
Welsh ac eraill
- ac erailland others
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with et al.
Cite this entry
et al.. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/et%20al.
“et al..” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/et%20al.. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “et al.,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/et%20al..
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