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10 Language-to-English DictionariesEt-Zeichen
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɛt ʦaɪçn̩
"Das Et-Zeichen wird oft in Firmennamen verwendet."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The character or sign (&) representing the word 'and'.
"The company changed its name to use an ampersand instead of the word 'and'." - 2
A typographic symbol historically used in various scripts and printing to save space and speed up writing.
"He carefully drew the ornate ampersand at the beginning of the chapter title."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word originates from the phrase 'and (&) per se and', meaning the character '&' by itself represents the word 'and'. Over time, through rapid pronunciation and folk etymology in 19th-century English schooling, the phrase was condensed into 'ampersand'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ampersand" is said worldwide
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esperluette
Transliteration: es-per-lwet
"Le titre du livre contient une esperluette."
Et-Zeichen
Transliteration: ɛt ʦaɪçn̩
"Das Et-Zeichen wird oft in Firmennamen verwendet."
e commerciale
Transliteration: e kom-mer-ˈtʃa-le
"Nel logo c'è una e commerciale."
et
Transliteration: et
"El símbolo et se usa para abreviar la conjunción."
e comercial
Transliteration: i ku-mer-ˈsjawl
"O caractere e comercial substitui a palavra e."
एम्परसैंड
Transliteration: emparsaid
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"इस नाम में एम्परसैंड का उपयोग किया गया है।"
和号
Transliteration: hé hào
Script: 中文汉字
"这个公司名称中间有一个和号。"
앰퍼샌드
Transliteration: aem-peo-saen-deu
Script: 한국어 한글
"회사 이름에 앰퍼샌드가 포함되어 있습니다."
アンペルサンド
Transliteration: anperusando
Script: 日本語
"そのブランド名はアンペルサンドを使用しています。"
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