et al.

¹

[ et al, ahl, awl ]

abbreviation for

1. and others.

et al.

²

[ et al, ahl, awl ]

abbreviation for

1. and elsewhere.

et al.

abbreviation for

1. et alibi
2. et alii

Word History and Origins

Origin of et al.¹

< Latin et aliī (masculine plural), et alia (neuter plural)

Origin of et al.²

From Latin et alibi

Example Sentences

To an audience destabilized by seismic changes in the culture, he brings the assurance (and the threat) that Obama et al.

From The Daily Beast

Thank you, Chief Justice Roberts, et al., for opening the floodgates of political campaign donations.

From The Daily Beast

You know, like Nixon tried to shunt responsibility for the break-in on to Liddy, Sturgis, et al.

From The Daily Beast

Hoge joined in, waging a proxy battle against a liberal blogger who accused Walker et al. of being scammers.

From The Daily Beast

Essentially, Panchin et al. have noticed that some rituals spread germs.

From The Daily Beast

John Hale et al., and he wondered why "the others" should be so persistently anonymous.

From Project Gutenberg

Brower I expected might last approximately half that time, depending on how soon Ramon et al got busy.

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When Valasco et al finish their guessing, I'll guess how near they have guessed correctly.

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The five-year period prior to 1957 was the driest in the 70-year history of weather-records in Kansas (Metzler et al., 1958).

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Curtis, et al., did not know whether they shot the animal or not, but they paid the "hombre" twelve dollars.

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