and so forth

English

Alternative forms

asf (abbreviation)

Etymology

Dates back at least to Old English and swā forþ.

Pronunciation

Audio (AU) (file)

Phrase

and so forth

(idiomatic) Indicates that a list continues in a similar manner.
Synonyms: and so on, etc., et cetera

Don't forget to pack weather items appropriate for the climate: sunscreen, rain gear, and so forth.
- 2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 7 December 2017:
  [David] Wain packs They Came Together with supporting characters, most of them variations on stock rom-com archetypes—the exes, the siblings, the co-workers, the yuppie parents, and so forth.

Translations

indicates that a list continues in a similar manner

Albanian: dhe kështu
Amharic: ወዘተ (wäzätä)
Arabic: وَهٰكَذَا (wa-hākaḏā), وَهَلُمَّ جَرًّا (wa-halumma jarran)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܘܫܪܟܐ (wə-šarkā)
Armenian: եւ այլն (ew ayln)
Azerbaijani: ilaxır, i.a.
Belarusian: і гэ́так да́лей (i hétak dáljej)
Bengali: ইত্যাদি (bn) (ittadi)
Bikol Central: asin iba pa
Bulgarian: и тъй нататък (i tǎj natatǎk), и така нататък (i taka natatǎk), и т.н. (i t.n.)
Cebuano: ug uban pa
Chinese:
Cantonese: 等等 (dang² dang²)

Mandarin: 什麼的／什么的 (zh) (shénme de), 之類的／之类的 (zhīlèi de), 等等 (zh) (děngděng), 等 (zh) (děng), 云云 (zh) (yúnyún)
Czech: a tak dále, atd. (cs) / atd. (cs) (a tak dále); aj. (cs) (a jiné)
Danish: og så videre, osv. (da)
Dutch: en zo voorts, enzovoorts (nl), enzovoort (nl), enz. (nl)
Esperanto: kaj tiel plu, k.t.p. (eo)
Estonian: ja nii edasi, jne (et)
Faroese: og so framvegis, osfr.
Finnish: ja niin edelleen, jne. (fi), ynnä muuta
French: et cetera (fr), etc. (fr); et ainsi de suite (fr), et tout et tout (fr)
Galician: e así por diante
Georgian: და ა.შ. (da a.š.)
German: und so weiter (de), usw. (de)
Greek: και ούτω καθεξής (el) (kai oúto kathexís), κοκ. (kok.)
Ancient: καὶ τὰ λοιπά (kaì tà loipá)
Hebrew: וכולה \ וְכֻלֵּהּ \ וְכוּלֵּיהּ (v'chuléi), וְכוּלֵּי (v'chuléi), וְכוּ׳ (he) (v'chu), וְכַדּוֹמֶה (v'chadomé), וְכַד׳ (he) (v'chad), וְכַיּוֹצֵא (v'chayotzé)
Hindi: वग़ैरह (vaġairah), इत्यादि (hi) (ityādi)
Hungarian: satöbbi (hu), stb. (hu), és a többi, s a többi, és így tovább
Icelandic: og svo framvegis (is), o. s. frv. / og þar fram eftir götunum, og þess háttar
Ido: e cetera, e.c. (io), edc. (io)
Ingrian: ja niin etes
Irish: agus mar sin de
Italian: eccetera (it), ecc. (it), e così via, chi più ne ha, più ne metta
Jamaican Creole: an' ray tay tay, an' rae tae tae
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 等 (ja) (など, nado; とう, tō), 等等 (ja) (とうとう, tōtō), 等々 (ja) (とうとう, tōtō), など (ja) (nado), などなど (nadonado)
Kazakh: тағы басқалары (tağy basqalary), т.б. (t.b.)
Khmer: ៘ (la’)
Korean: 등 (ko) (deung), 등등 (ko) (deungdeung), 기타 (ko) (gita)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: û bi vî hawî û pêve, hwd (ku)
Latin: et cetera (la), et ita porro
Latvian: un tā tālāk, utt.
Lithuanian: ir taip toliau, ir t.t.
Macedonian: и така натаму (i taka natamu), итн. (mk) (itn.)
Malay: dan lain-lain (ms)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: og så videre (no), osv. (no)

Nynorsk: og så bortetter, osb., og så vidare, osv.
Old English: and swā forþ
Ossetian: ӕмӕ аф. д. (æmæ af. d.)
Persian: و الخ (va elâ âxar), و غیره (fa) (va ğeyre)
Polish: i tak dalej (pl), itd. (pl); i tym/temu podobne, itp. (pl)
Portuguese: e assim por diante, entre outros, e assim vai, e tal (pt), e por aí fora
Romani: thaj but aver
Romanian: şi aşa mai departe, ș.a.m.d.
Russian: и так да́лее (ru) (i tak dáleje), и т. д. (ru) (i t. d.); и тому́ подо́бное (ru) (i tomú podóbnoje), и т. п. (ru) (i t. p.)
Sanskrit: इत्यादि (sa) (ityādi)
Scottish Gaelic: mar sin air adhart
Serbo-Croatian: i tako dalje, itd. (sh); и тако даље, итд.
Sinhalese: ආදිය (ādiya)
Slovak: a tak ďalej, atď. (sk)
Slovene: itd., in tako dalje
Spanish: y así sucesivamente; y cosas semejantes, y eso, y todo eso, y tal
Swahili: kadhalika (sw)
Swedish: och så vidare (sv), o.s.v. (sv), osv. (sv)
Thai: เป็นต้น (th) (bpen-dtôn)
Turkish: ve benzeri
Ukrainian: і так да́лі (i tak dáli), і т. д. (i t. d.), і тому́ поді́бне (i tomú podíbne), і т. п. (i t. p.)
Urdu: وغیرہ (vaġairah)
Vietnamese: vân vân (vi) (云云), v.v. (vi)
Welsh: ac ati

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