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@ en · SYM · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

The at-sign (@) resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o.

Meanings

  1. Forming gender-neutral versions of Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.
    • Chican@, Filipin@, Latin@, Mestiz@
  2. By extension, sometimes used to blend other pairs of words that differ by being spelled with o vs a.
    • Kosov@; Pin@y

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Source: en.wiktionary, “@” (symbol), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
LemmaLanguagePart of speech
^enADP
~enSYM
==enCCONJ
enPUNCT
-'enPART
!enSYM
?enNOUN
?enADJ
·enSYM
'enPART
'enSYM
enSYM
‘ ’enPUNCT
enPUNCT
“ ”enPUNCT
@ 3enCCONJ
@ 1enVERB
@ 1enNOUN
@ 1enADP
@ 2enSYM
@ 3enSYM
@$$enNOUN
$$$enNOUN
*enSYM
&enCCONJ
%enX
+enCCONJ
++enX
ɢenSYM
ɤenSYM
ɴenSYM
ɶenSYM
ʀenSYM
ʉenSYM
ʏenSYM
ʜenSYM
ʹenSYM
enSYM
enSYM
enSYM
enSYM
enSYM
enSYM
enSYM
enPUNCT
enSYM
enSYM
enSYM
enNOUN
◌̆enSYM

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