see|eg|ég|Eg
English
Alternative spellings
eg., eg
Etymology
Abbreviation of Latin exempli gratiÄ ("for example"). GratiÄ here is in the ablative case. Previously abbreviated to ex. gr.
Adverb
en-adv|-
#context|abbreviation|initialism Literally, "for example." Used to introduce an example or list of examples to illustrate what is being discussed.
#:Asia is a large continent, with many large nations (e.g., China, India, and Japan).
Usage notes
The list of examples following e.g. should not be exhaustive (in that case, i.e. should be used) and should not be followed by et cetera or etc.
Place e.g. between parentheses when used in written text and follow by a comma when used in its function as "for example."
Opinion is mixed about whether this term should be italicized and whether it should be written with a separating non-breaking space as in e. g.
Translations
Bosnian: npr.#Bosnian|npr. (na primjer)
Chinese: 例如 (li4 ru2)
Danish: f.eks., fx][fx_(Danish) (for eksempel)
Dutch: bv., bijv., bvb. (bijvoorbeeld)
Esperanto: ekz. (ekzemple)
Finnish: esim. (esimerkiksi)
Faroese: t.d. (til dømis)
French: par ex., p. ex. (par exemple)
German: z. B. (zum Beispiel)
Greek: Ï€.χ. (παÏαδείγματος χάÏιν)
Hungarian: pl. (például)
Icelandic: t.d. (til dæmis)
Italian: ad es. (ad esempio)
Japanese: 例 (rei)
mid
Korean: 예 (ye)
Norway: f.eks. (for eksempel)
Portuguese: por exemplo
Polish: np. (na przykład)
Russian: напр.
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: нпр. (на пример)
:Roman: npr. (na primer)
Spanish: por ejemplo
Swedish: t.ex., t ex, tex. t. ex. (till exempel), exempelvis
Vietnamese: vd. (và dụ)
Category:Initialisms
de:e.g.
fr:e.g.
io:e.g.
hu:e.g.
pt:e.g.
sv:e.g.
te:e.g.
vi:e.g.
tr:e.g.
zh:e.g.
| 
