&

A stylized form of Latin et (“and”). Romans used such symbols (ligatures) from at least the first century C.E., but the character may not have acquired its present form until the advent of calligraphy in the Middle Ages. Compare ⁊ and +, of same meaning and similar derivation.

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of and.

& (English symbol name ampersand)

1. (programming) Used in some programming languages for different purposes.
   1. Dereferencing memory address.
   2. Bitwise "and" operator.
2. (networking) In a URL, separates each field-value pair of a query string .

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• ⁊

• (mathematics) ⅋
• & ;
• v& (to be arrested)

• ⁊

• 〆
• ϗ
• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter E):  Éé  Èè  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ěě  Ĕĕ  Ẽẽ  Ḛḛ  Ẻẻ  Ėė  Ëë  Ēē  Ȩȩ  Ęę  ᶒ  Ɇɇ  Ȅȅ  Ếế  Ềề  Ễễ  Ểể  Ḝḝ  Ḗḗ  Ḕḕ  Ȇȇ  Ẹẹ  Ệệ  ⱸ  ᴇ  Ｅｅ  Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  &  Œœ  ᵫ
• (Letter combinations):  Ꜳꜳ  Ææ  ᴁᴭ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜵꜵ  Åå  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ  Ꜽꜽ  ct  ȸ  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  ᴂᵆ  ᴔ  &  ff  fi  ffi  fl  ffl  ℔  IJij  LJLjlj  Ỻỻ  Ŋŋ  NJNjnj  Œœ  ɶ  Ꝏꝏ  Ȣȣᴕ  ȹ  ẞß  ſtst  ᵫ  Ůů  Ww  Ꝡꝡ

Orthographic borrowing from Latin &

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of and.
   • 2011, David Almond, The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, Candlewick Press, published 2014, →ISBN, page 121:

     “Welcum to McCaufreys, Billy Dean” he says. “Make yorself at home & hav a pie.”

2. (dated) Abbreviation of et in borrowed Latin phrases such as et cetera.

• & alii, & al.
• & cetera, &c.
• & hoc genus omne
• & iam, & i.
• & seq., & seqq.
• & uxor, & ux.

• ampersand

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of i.

• IPA^(key): /e/

• Audio: "et commercial"

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&

1. (siglum) Abbreviation of et.

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of e.
2. Abbreviation of ed.
3. (dated) Abbreviation of et.

&(アンド) • (ando)  (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of アンド.

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of et; historically a scribal abbreviation of et.

• &̄ (etiam)

& (siglum)

1. Scribal abbreviation of et.

• -&

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of e.

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of y.
2. Abbreviation of e.

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of och.

   Synonym: o̲