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etcetera

etcetera is the alternative form of et cetera.

Meaning of et cetera

Noun

et cetera (plural et ceteras)

  1. Something in addition, which can easily be understood.

Forms of etcetera

pluraletceteras

Origin of etcetera

From Latin et cetera (“etc.: and the other things”).

Questions about etcetera

What is etcetera the alternative form of?
Etcetera is the alternative form of et cetera.

Words near etcetera in the dictionary

  1. ETB
  2. ETBF
  3. ETBs
  4. etc
  5. etc.
  6. etcetera
  7. etceteras
  8. etch
  9. Etch A Sketch
  10. etch-a-sketch
  11. etchable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: etcetera (page history and authors); et cetera (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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