Translingual

Ampersand evolution.

The roman ampersand at left is stylized, but the italic one at right reveals its origin in the Latin word et.

Alternative forms

• ＆
• (mathematics) ⅋
• ﹠
• ﹠ (small form variant)

Etymology

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

Conjunction

&

1. and

Symbol

&

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 .

   http://example.com/form.asp?name1=value1&name2=value2

Synonyms

• ⁊

Related terms

• ⁊

See also

• ＆
• 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

English

Conjunction

&

1. Abbreviation of and.
   • 2011, David Almond, The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, Candlewick Press (2014), ISBN 0763663093, 121:

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

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

Derived terms

• & al.
• & cetera, &c.
• & seq., & seqq.

Translations

Catalan

Conjunction

&

1. i

French

Conjunction

&

1. et

Italian

Conjunction

&

1. e
2. ed

Portuguese

Conjunction

&

1. e

Spanish

Conjunction

&

1. y
2. e

Swedish

Conjunction

&

1. och