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Etymology
A contraction of "and per se--and," which is how the symbol was originally referred to in English.
The character itself is a stylized E and T, or et, the Latin word for "and". Romans used such symbols at least since the first century AD, but the character may not have acquired its present form until the advent of calligraphy in the Middle Ages.

Pronunciation
SAMPA|/'{mp@(r)s{nd/
IPA|/�æmp�(r)sænd/
audio|en-us-ampersand.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
ampersand

1. The symbol "&" itself.

#:The ampersand character in many logics acts as an operator connecting two propositions.

1. A substitute for the word and in any context (though not generally used outside of signs and titles).

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Translations

Basque: & ikurra
Bulgarian: ампе��анд (ampersand) m
Catalan: "i" comercial
Croatian: žig; pe�atni znak; združenje; labava veza
Czech: ampersand
Danish: og-tegn
Dutch: en-teken (also et-teken), ampersand
Estonian: ja-märk
Finnish: et-merkki
French: esperluette f, esperluète f, perluète f ; et commercial m
German: Et-Zeichen; Kaufmannsund n
Greek: ��μ�λεκ�ικ���μβολο (symplektikósýmvolo) n
Hindi: ��परस��ड
Icelandic: táknið &; og-lykkja; tengilykkja; hlíðskipulykkja
Indonesian: tanda dan
Interlingua: e commercial
Italian: e commerciale f; ampersand
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Japanese: ������ (ampasando); �������� (�ando� no moji)
Latvian: & zīme
Lithuanian: ženklas &
Norwegian: ampersand; kringle
Polish: znak &; handlowe "i"
Portuguese: e comercial m
Romanian: semnul & (�i)
Russian: ампе��анд (ampersánd); знак кон��нк�ии (znak kon"júnktsii)
Serbian: ампе��енд (ampersend)
Slovene: vezaj
Spanish: y comercial m; et f
Swahili: ampasendi
Swedish: och-tecken (also et-tecken)
Turkish: ampersand; ve imi
Vietnamese: ký hi�u &
Welsh: ampersand

See also
Image:Ampersand.svg|thumb|left|The "Roman" ampersand on the left is stylised, but the "italic" one on the right is clearly similar to "et".
Punctuation

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