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and en · CCONJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [ɛnd] (New-Zealand)
  • [n̩d] (unstressed)
  • [ˈeə̯nd] ~ [ˈɛə̯nd] æ-raising
  • [and] ~ [änd] (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • [and] (British, Southern, Standard)
  • [ˈænd] ~ [and] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈænd] without æ-raising
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [n̩ʔ] (unstressed)
  • /ˈænd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈənd] (unstressed)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈæːnd/ (Australia)
  • /ˈənd/ (unstressed)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈɛnd/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈænd/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈæːnd] without æ-raising
  • [ˈeːnd] ~ [ˈɛːnd] æ-raising
  • /ˈand/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /ˈand/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Germanic *andi Old English and Middle English and English and Inherited from Middle English and, an, from Old English and, ond, end, from Proto-West Germanic *andi, from Proto-Germanic *andi, *anþi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (“facing opposite, near, in front of, before”). Cognate with Scots an (“and”), North Frisian än (“and”), Saterland Frisian un (“and”), West Frisian en (“and”), Dutch en, ende (“and”), German und (“and”), German Low German on, un (“and”), Luxembourgish an (“and”), Vilamovian an, ana (“and”), Yiddish און (un), אונ (un), אונד (und), אונ׳ (un', “and”), Danish end (“still; ever; even”), Faroese enn (“still, yet”), Icelandic en (“and”), enn (“still, yet”), Norwegian Bokmål enn (“and”), Norwegian Nynorsk en, enn (“and”), Swedish än (“still, yet”), Albanian edhe (“and”) (dialectal ênde, ênne), ende (“still, yet, therefore”), Latin ante (“opposite, in front of”), Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “opposite, facing”). Doublet of an ("if").

Meanings

  1. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. ▸ Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
    • as for Mrs. Smith, she had claims of various kinds to recommend her quickly and permanently. 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
    • In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 1:1:
    • Sweet lady, you have given me life and living; […] c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
    • Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […] c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11
    • ‘The UKBA has some serious explaining to do if it is routinely carrying out such abusive and unlawful inspections.’ 2011 November 5, Mark Townsend, The Guardian:
  2. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. ▸ Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
    • "Consensus is essential for the country," he said, adding that he was not "tied" to his post and was willing to step aside. 2011 November 5, Helena Smith, Tom Kington, The Guardian:
    • When she saw several boys carrying a huge wooden case full of porcelain, she mumbled to Jinming that she was going to have a look, and left the room. 1991, Jung Chang, Wild Swans:
  3. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. ▸ Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
    • One more error and all the good work she had done on Friday would be for nought. 2004 August 22, Will Buckley, The Observer:
    • ‘But if you think you can get it, Christian, you're a fool. Set one foot upcountry and I'll kill you.’ 1996, David Beasley, Chocolate for the Poor:
    • I'd been walking since sunrise, and I was hungry.
    • 2007: Jimmy Carr, 8 out of 10 Cats, 13th day of July episode Romance is dead; men killed it, and made women clean up the mess.
  4. (obsolete) As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. ▸ Yet; but.
    • Hee said, I goe sir, and went not. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew XXII::
  5. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. ▸ Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes.
    • Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, Dedicatory Remarks (Gettysburg Address)^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address_(Bliss_copy)), near Soldiers' National Cemetery, →LCCN, Bliss copy, page 1:
    • The One Hundred and One Dalmatians. 1956, Dodie Smith, (title)
    • [H]e had bought the pen-holder during his last holidays at Blackstable for one and two-pence. 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 13, in Of Human Bondage:
    • In Chicago these latter were receiving, for the most part, eighteen and a half cents an hour, and the unions wished to make this the general wage for the next year. 1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter XXVI, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC:
  6. (colloquial, literary) As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. ▸ Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
    • And these does she apply, for warnings and portents, / And euils imminent; and on her knee / Hath begg'd, that I will stay at home to day. 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
    • Lions, and tigers, and bears! Oh, my! 1939, Langley, Ryerson & Woolf, The Wizard of Oz (screenplay)
  7. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. ▸ Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
    • He was at work in a nearby city when the tsunami struck. ‘As soon as I saw it, I called home. It rang and rang, but there was no answer.’ 2011 March 18, Jonathan Watts, The Guardian:
    • I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms CXLV::
  8. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. ▸ Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
    • President Pervez Musharraf is undoubtedly sincere in his belief that he, and he alone, can save Pakistan from the twin perils of terrorism and anarchy. 2008 January 29, The Guardian:
    • The word "capable" occurs in Mr. Fisher's Bill, and rightly, because our mental and physical capacities are infinitely varied. 1918, George W. E. Russell, Prime Ministers and Some Others:
  9. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. ▸ Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
    • ‘And, Vera,’ added Mrs. Durmot, turning to her sixteen-year-old niece, ‘be careful what colour ribbon you wear in your hair[…].’ 1914, Saki, ‘The Lull’, Beasts and Superbeasts:
    • ‘You take it smoothly now,’ said I, ‘but you were very serious last night, when you swore it was Death.’ ‘And so I swear it is Death,’ said he, putting his pipe back in his mouth[…]. 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC:
    • And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps[…]. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation XIV::
  10. (colloquial, dialectal) As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. ▸ Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, go and try.
    • "What have you a been and given Pitt's wife?" said the individual in ribbons, when Pitt and Lady Jane had taken leave of the old gentleman. 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
    • Remember and help yourself to the soup! called Gavin. 1989, James Kelman, A Disaffection:
    • Beyond paying her a few charming compliments and amusing her with gay conversation, had he done anything at all to try and gain her affection? 1817 (date written), Jane Austen, edited by R[aymond] W[ilson] Chambers, Fragment of a Novel Written by Jane Austen, January–March 1817 […] [Sanditon], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1925, →OCLC:
  11. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. ▸ Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; “as well as other”.
    • Undoubtedly every party makes mistakes. But there are mistakes and mistakes. 1936, The Labour Monthly, volume XVIII:
    • "There are managers and there are managers," he tells me. "I'm totally involved in every aspect of Nina's career." 1972, Esquire, volume LXXVIII:
  12. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. ▸ Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
    • ‘Nobody attempts to dispute that two and two make four: but with contests concerning moral truth, human passions are generally mixed[…].’ 1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson:
    • Two and two is/are four.
    • ‘Can you do Addition?’ the White Queen asked. ‘What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?’ 1871, Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There:
  13. (US, dialectal) Expressing a condition. ▸ If; provided that.
    • "And he went slower," Mike said softly, "he go better." 1958, Shirley Ann Grau, The Hard Blue Sky:
    • "Where ys Sir Launcelot?" seyde King Arthure. "And he were here, he wolde nat grucche to do batayle for you." 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
    • Peter answered, and sayde: master, and thou be he, bidde me come unto the on the water. 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:
  14. (obsolete) Expressing a condition. ▸ As if, as though.
    • I will roare you, and 'twere any Nightingale. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
    • As they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs. 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Innovations”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
  15. Connecting two well-formed formulas to create a new well-formed formula that requires it to only be true when both of the two formulas are true.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
an' alternative lexicographic
n alternative lexicographic
'n' alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

and then everyone clapped · Turks and Caicos Islands · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · and of course · Trinidad and Tobago · Rhode Island and Providence Plantations · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Saint Kitts and Nevis · rock and roll · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · AND gate · and all · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Bosnia and Herzegovina · piece and crisps · Wallis and Futuna · fish and chips · São Tomé and Príncipe · Antigua and Barbuda

Relateds

if · implies · nand · not · true · nor · formal logic · false · xor · iff · or

Synonyms

in addition to (used to connect two similar words or phrases) · + · as well as (used to connect two similar words or phrases) · & · x (in artist collaborations) · together with (used to connect two similar words or phrases) · 'n'

Translations (656)

bcl asin (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · aeb و (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tyv -биле (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · la et (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ko -과 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ha(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · xmf დო (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · hit -𒆪 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tl at (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tg(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · et ning (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · kmr û (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · pap y (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · bg и (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · lo ແລະ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · uk та (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · ga agus (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · bni mpe (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mnc ᡶᡳ (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · ga is (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · lkt na (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ro e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · non ok (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · lkt naš (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · cmn 與 /与 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · eu eta (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · xvn ia (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · hi(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ro și (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · syl ꠀꠞ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · he וְ־ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · xfa -cue (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · vi(used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · mwr अनै (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ro și (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · chr ᎠᎴ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ta -உம் (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · rup e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · grc ἠδέ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · lij e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · fa-ira وَ (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · egy Hr:Z1 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · am(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sgs ė (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · io ed (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · wuu(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ckb و (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ht ak (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · de und (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · gu અને (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tzo xchiʼuk (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pag tan (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · cmn(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · haw ame (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · fa-ira وَ (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · sma jïh (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · kix nǖhéi (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · lzz do (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · hy և (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sv och (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · rsk та (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · fa-ira وَ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ru да (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · fa-ira و (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nb og (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · mr(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ce и (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · enm and (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · cic micha' (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · gmy 𐀤 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · bcl asin (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · css ara (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sv och (used to show causation) · csm -l·i- (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sl pa (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mfe ek (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · hi तथा (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · az -lə (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · arc וְ־ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ast ya (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · gv as (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ja して (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · mfe e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · la et (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · fi ja (used to show causation) · fi ja sitten (used to show causation) · nb(used to show causation) · ceb ug (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · kw hag (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · es e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ms dan (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sk a (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pt e (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · grc τε (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · am እና (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · fy en (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ko -고 (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · khb(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sh i (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ga agus (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · kix nǖhéi (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · hy իսկ (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · pap i (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · khb(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sco an (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · grc δέ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nds-de un (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · br ha (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · yue(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · kk әрі (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · smj ja (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ia et (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · hi एवं (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · gun ha'e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ce а (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · fi ja sitten (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · de und (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · bo དང (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ady ыкӏи (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · yua yéetel (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nds un (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · pl i (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · tpi wantaim (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · la atque (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · yue 同埋 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mn ᠪᠠ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · vi(used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · nn og (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · sv och (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · nan-hbl 與 /与 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · et ja (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · gmq-pro ᛅᚢᚴ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nl en (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · uk та (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · ast y (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · txb ṣpä (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · eo kaj (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · bn এবং (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sd ۽ (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · cmn 然後 /然后 (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · ny ndipo (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · acw و (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sg na (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · oj dash (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · zea in (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · km រួចហើយ (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · hit -𒅀 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · da og (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pl a (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · cy (preconsonantal) a (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ckb وە (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tg ва (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sva(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pro e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · war ngan (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · rsk и (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · fro et (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · da og (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · lt ir (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · lv ir (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · la ut (used to show causation) · su sarta (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · eu ta (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · ha kuma (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · hi और (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · sl in (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · ms dan (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · cmn 以及 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · war ug (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · roa-ole ye (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · scn e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · de und (in mathematics and logic) · sc e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ia e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · na me (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tl at (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · kea y (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · cmn(used to show causation) · fr et (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · ur و (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · rsk а (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · bho(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ar وَـ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ilo ket (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · eu eta (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · tt һәм (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · hsb a (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · goh anti (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sgs ėr (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · he וְ־ (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · oj idash (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · rmg aur (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · roa-oca e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · cy (preconsonantal) a (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · oj ge (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mhn ont (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · wym ana (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · es y (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pov i (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · esu -llu (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · my နဲ့ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · uk і (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · gl e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ja(used to show causation) · mi me (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · cv тата (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · szl a (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · an y (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nmn ʻàhn (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ln mpé (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pl i (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · lld y (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · bn(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · gd agus (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tyv болгаш (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · te మరియు (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · peo 𐎢𐎫𐎠 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pam at (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · roa-leo y (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ce кхин а (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ug بىلەن (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · csb i (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · hu és (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · ryu とぅ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ovd og (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · myv и (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · uk і (in mathematics and logic) · tyz cắp (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ps او (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · it ed (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · udm но (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sd ۽ (used to show causation) · cmn(used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · rue і (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · jv sarta (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tzm(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · alr ту (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · kw ha (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · de und (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · bg и (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · cs a (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · csb ë (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · kk мен (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · vec e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · lg ne (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mt u (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · fi sekä (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sh i (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · sw na (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · kmr û (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ltg i (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sk a (used to show causation) · el και (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · az ilə (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · prg be (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · kn ಹಾಗೂ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sl in (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nv áádóó (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · inh а (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · hy ու (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · tpi olsem na (used to show causation) · pox ă (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pnb اَتے (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · dng дэ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · os ӕмӕ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nog эм (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · et ja (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sia я (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ar وَ (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · uk й (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · an y (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · ain(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sh и (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · es y (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · dsb a (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · khb ᦂᧇ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · oc e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · so iyo (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · zu futhi (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tyz vạ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sje ja (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · peo -𐎨𐎠 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · chr ᎠᎴ (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · chn pe (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ko -이랑 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tpi na (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · si සහ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · id dan (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sl ter (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · fa-ira و (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · hil kag (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · eu ta (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · es et (disused) (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ru а (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sq dhe (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · cu(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ja 及び (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · rm e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · kw ha (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · tr ile (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nus(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nog эм (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mi me (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ext i (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · myv da (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sq e (gheg) (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ln na (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · it ed (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ny ndi (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · myv дэ+ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · roa-ole y (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ug ھەم (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ko 그리고 (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · nci ihuan (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · hi और (used to show causation) · hrx un (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · oj mii dash (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · ia e (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · kw hag (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · az -la (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tt белән (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pal 𐭥 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · da(used to show causation) · new(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nan-hbl 以及 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · fi ja (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · ckt ынкъам (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · shn လႄႈ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ta கூட (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · sa(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ja かつ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · or ଆଉ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mrw ago (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tl at (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · hi(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mwl i (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · haw a me (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ig na (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ru и (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · ja そして (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · za caeuq (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mr आणि (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · cmn(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sk a (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · wo(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · wa et (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sd ۽ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · wa et (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · roa-ole ya (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nl en (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nfr a (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pt e (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · gd agus (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · sq e (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · ain(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · fi ynnä (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nhn huan (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · cs a (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · ast y (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · av -ги (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · cu и (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · es e (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · arz و (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ja(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ky жана (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · br hag (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · krl ga (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · yi און (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mhr а (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · wa eyet (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ja(used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · io e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nv dóó (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ml ഉം (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pl tudzież (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sah уонна (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mns-nor ос (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · gl e (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · dtp om (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · eo pro tio (used to show causation) · lg era (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · ko -랑 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · rm ed (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tt вә (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · peo 𐎠𐎫𐎹 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · chn pi (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · th และ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · njo-jgl aser (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · osx anda (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · wo di (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · bg и (in mathematics and logic) · ru и (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · ug ۋە (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · bua ба (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · is og (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · grc καί (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nrf et (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · el κι (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ca i (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · ja(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · chk me (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mk и (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tpi olsem (used to show causation) · ba һәм (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · lmo e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · rom thaj (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pl oraz (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · rgn e (eml) (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · uk і (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · osx endi (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tpi na (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · gcf ak (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nn og (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · kl aamma (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pov e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ca i (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sv och (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · cy (prevocalic) ac (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · enm and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · kk пен (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · yue 跟住 (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · ro iar (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · az ilən (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · lg ate (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · be і (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · es y (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · ilo ken (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · iba enggau (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · jv lan (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sju jah (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · prg be (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · oj gaye (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · tum na (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · da og (used to show causation) · su tur (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ln mpe (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nb og (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · az -nən (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sq edhe (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · fa-ira و (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · xsr དང (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · zu na- (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · is og (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sh и (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · hy ու (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · itk אֵי (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ab -гьы (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · alt ло (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ba ла (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mg sy (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · bcl buda (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · hi फिर (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · hu és (used to show causation) · vi với (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nn og (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · ru а (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · be ды (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ms دان (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · kbd икӏи (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sea ru (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · lad i (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nap e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ia et (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · got -𐌿𐌷 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · xal болн (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · pcd et (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · co e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ko 그리고 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ru но (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · kmr hem (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ja 然して (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · hak(used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · nrf et (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · de sowie (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ang and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · az bir də (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · ps او (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · mwl i (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · pa ਅਤੇ (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · dsb a (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · bn আর (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · kn ಮತ್ತು (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · el και (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · hi(used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · fax i (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · sjt da (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · la ac (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · hi तो (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · nds un (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · el-cyp τζιαι (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · an y (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) · got 𐌾𐌰𐌷 (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mn ба (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · wa eyet (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) · nn(used to show causation) · vo e (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · lad אי (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mg ary (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · cy (prevocalic) ac (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) · mt u (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order)

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and en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [ɛnd] (New-Zealand)
  • [n̩d] (unstressed)
  • [ˈeə̯nd] ~ [ˈɛə̯nd] æ-raising
  • [and] ~ [änd] (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • [and] (British, Southern, Standard)
  • [ˈænd] ~ [and] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈænd] without æ-raising
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [n̩ʔ] (unstressed)
  • /ˈænd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈənd] (unstressed)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈæːnd/ (Australia)
  • /ˈənd/ (unstressed)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈɛnd/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈænd/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈæːnd] without æ-raising
  • [ˈeːnd] ~ [ˈɛːnd] æ-raising
  • /ˈand/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /ˈand/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Germanic *andi Old English and Middle English and English and Inherited from Middle English and, an, from Old English and, ond, end, from Proto-West Germanic *andi, from Proto-Germanic *andi, *anþi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (“facing opposite, near, in front of, before”). Cognate with Scots an (“and”), North Frisian än (“and”), Saterland Frisian un (“and”), West Frisian en (“and”), Dutch en, ende (“and”), German und (“and”), German Low German on, un (“and”), Luxembourgish an (“and”), Vilamovian an, ana (“and”), Yiddish און (un), אונ (un), אונד (und), אונ׳ (un', “and”), Danish end (“still; ever; even”), Faroese enn (“still, yet”), Icelandic en (“and”), enn (“still, yet”), Norwegian Bokmål enn (“and”), Norwegian Nynorsk en, enn (“and”), Swedish än (“still, yet”), Albanian edhe (“and”) (dialectal ênde, ênne), ende (“still, yet, therefore”), Latin ante (“opposite, in front of”), Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “opposite, facing”). Doublet of an ("if").

Meanings

  1. (informal, often) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
    • The same goes for measure 42, when you begin the phrase on the and of 1, because that kind of lick can easily bog down the time. 2006, Gordon Goodwin, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band: Trumpet, page 51:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
an' alternative lexicographic
ands Number=Plur lexicographic
n alternative lexicographic
'n' alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

a · e

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and en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [ɛnd] (New-Zealand)
  • [n̩d] (unstressed)
  • [ˈeə̯nd] ~ [ˈɛə̯nd] æ-raising
  • [and] ~ [änd] (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • [and] (British, Southern, Standard)
  • [ˈænd] ~ [and] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈænd] without æ-raising
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [n̩ʔ] (unstressed)
  • /ˈænd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈənd] (unstressed)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈæːnd/ (Australia)
  • /ˈənd/ (unstressed)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈɛnd/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈænd/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈæːnd] without æ-raising
  • [ˈeːnd] ~ [ˈɛːnd] æ-raising
  • /ˈand/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /ˈand/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ande, from Old English anda (“grudge, enmity, malice, envy, hatred, anger, zeal, annoyance, vexation; zeal; injury, mischief; fear, horror”) and Old Norse andi (“breath, wind, spirit”); both from Proto-Germanic *anadô (“breath, anger, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with German Ahnd, And (“woe, grief”), Danish ånde (“breath”), Swedish anda, ande (“spirit, breath, wind, ingenuity, intellect”), Icelandic andi (“spirit”), Albanian ëndë (“pleasure, delight”), Latin animus (“spirit, soul”). Related to onde.

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal) Breath.
  2. (UK, dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
aynd alternative lexicographic
ands Number=Plur lexicographic
eynd alternative lexicographic
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and en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • [ɛnd] (New-Zealand)
  • [n̩d] (unstressed)
  • [ˈeə̯nd] ~ [ˈɛə̯nd] æ-raising
  • [and] ~ [änd] (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • [and] (British, Southern, Standard)
  • [ˈænd] ~ [and] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈænd] without æ-raising
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [n̩ʔ] (unstressed)
  • /ˈænd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈənd] (unstressed)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈæːnd/ (Australia)
  • /ˈənd/ (unstressed)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈɛnd/ (New-Zealand)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈænd/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈæːnd] without æ-raising
  • [ˈeːnd] ~ [ˈɛːnd] æ-raising
  • /ˈand/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /ˈand/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English anden, from Old English andian (“to be envious or jealous, envy”) and Old Norse anda (“to breathe”); both from Proto-Germanic *anadōną (“to breathe, sputter”). Cognate with German ahnden (“to avenge, punish”), Danish ånde (“to breathe”), Swedish andas (“to breathe”), Icelandic anda (“to breathe”). See above.

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
anded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
anded Tense=Past lexicographic
eind alternative lexicographic
ands Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
anding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ein alternative lexicographic
eynd alternative lexicographic