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See also: -&, &̄, and Appendix:Variations of "et"

Category:Character boxes with images#*0000000038

&	U+0026, & AMPERSAND

← %
[U+0025]

Basic Latin Category:Basic Latin block#*0000000038

' →
[U+0027]

Category:Unspecified script characters#%20

Character variations

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🙵	U+1F675, 🙵 SWASH AMPERSAND ORNAMENT

← 🙴
[U+1F674]

Ornamental Dingbats Category:Ornamental Dingbats block#*0000128629

🙶 →
[U+1F676]

Category:Symbolic script characters#%20

Category:Character boxes with images#*0000128628

🙴	U+1F674, 🙴 HEAVY AMPERSAND ORNAMENT

← 🙳
[U+1F673]

Ornamental Dingbats Category:Ornamental Dingbats block#*0000128628

🙵 →
[U+1F675]

Category:Symbolic script characters#%20

Category:Character boxes with images#*0000128624

🙰	U+1F670, 🙰 SCRIPT LIGATURE ET ORNAMENT

← 🙯
[U+1F66F]

Ornamental Dingbats Category:Ornamental Dingbats block#*0000128624

🙱 →
[U+1F671]

Category:Symbolic script characters#%20

Category:Character boxes with images#*0000128625

🙱	U+1F671, 🙱 HEAVY SCRIPT LIGATURE ET ORNAMENT

← 🙰
[U+1F670]

Ornamental Dingbats Category:Ornamental Dingbats block#*0000128625

🙲 →
[U+1F672]

Category:Symbolic script characters#%20

Category:Character boxes with images#*0000128626

🙲	U+1F672, 🙲 LIGATURE OPEN ET ORNAMENT

← 🙱
[U+1F671]

Ornamental Dingbats Category:Ornamental Dingbats block#*0000128626

🙳 →
[U+1F673]

Category:Symbolic script characters#%20

Category:Character boxes with images#*0000128627

🙳	U+1F673, 🙳 HEAVY LIGATURE OPEN ET ORNAMENT

← 🙲
[U+1F672]

Ornamental Dingbats Category:Ornamental Dingbats block#*0000128627

🙴 →
[U+1F674]

Category:Symbolic script characters#%20

＆	U+FF06, ＆ FULLWIDTH AMPERSAND

← ％
[U+FF05]

Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Category:Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block#*0000065286

＇ →
[U+FF07]

Category:Unspecified script characters#%20

Category:Character boxes with images#*0000065120

﹠	U+FE60, ﹠ SMALL AMPERSAND

← ﹟
[U+FE5F]

Small Form Variants Category:Small Form Variants block#*0000065120

﹡ →
[U+FE61]

Category:Unspecified script characters#%20

Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:

&

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

There is a great deal of variation in this character; fonts often make it distinctive as an identifying feature of the font. Common variants include ⟨🙵⟩ and ⟨🙰⟩.

Apart from the CJK variants, additional Unicode characters are intended for backward compatibility with Wingdings fonts.

Glyph origin

A stylized form of Latin Category:Translingual terms derived from Latin#& et (“and”). Romans used such symbols (ligatures) from at least the first century C.E., but the character may not have acquired its present form until the advent of calligraphy in the Middle Ages. Compare ⁊ and +, of same meaning and similar derivation.

Conjunction

&Category:Translingual lemmas#&Category:Translingual conjunctions#&Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#&Category:Pages with entries#&Category:Pages with 11 entries#& (siglum Category:Translingual sigla#&)

Abbreviation of English andCategory:Translingual abbreviations#&Category:Translingual terms derived from English#&
Synonym: ⁊

Symbol

& (English symbol name ampersand)Category:Translingual lemmas#&Category:Translingual symbols#&Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant manual script codes#&Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#&Category:Pages with entries#&Category:Pages with 11 entries#&

(programming Category:mul:Programming#&) Used in some programming languages for different purposes.
1. Used to dereference memory address.
2. Used to represent the binary operator "and".
  Synonyms: AND, &&, ∧
  
  1 & 0 = 0Category:Translingual terms with usage examples#&
(networking Category:mul:Networking#&) In a URL, separates each field-value pair of a query string.
https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day&action=view&useskin=monobook
(Internet slang Category:Translingual internet slang#&, subculture Category:mul:Culture#&) Used to represent multiplicity.

Derived terms

(mathematics) ⅋
& ;
v&
&c.

Gallery

The roman-typeface ampersand at left is stylized, but the italic one at right reveals its origin in the Latin word et.
An ampersand handwritten as an 'E' with a vertical stroke
A handwritten ampersand with the vertical stroke merged into the ends of the 'E'

English

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Latin Category:English terms borrowed from Latin#&Category:English orthographic borrowings from Latin#&Category:English terms derived from Latin#& &

Conjunction

&Category:English lemmas#&Category:English conjunctions#&Category:English words spelled without vowels#&Category:English entries with incorrect language header#&Category:Pages with entries#&Category:Pages with 11 entries#& (siglum Category:English sigla#&)

Abbreviation of andCategory:English abbreviations#&.
- 2011, David Almond, The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, Candlewick Press, published 2014, →ISBN, page 121:
  “Welcum to McCaufreys, Billy Dean” he says. “Make yorself at home & hav a pie.”
  Category:English terms with quotations#&
(dated Category:English dated terms#&) Abbreviation of etCategory:English abbreviations#&.

Derived terms

Translations

and

Category:Entries with translation boxes#&

Armenian: և (hy) (ew)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#&
Catalan: & (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#&
French: & (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#&
German: u. (de)Category:Terms with German translations#&, & (de)Category:Terms with German translations#&
Greek: ϗ (el)Category:Terms with Greek translations#&
Irish: ⁊Category:Terms with Irish translations#&
Italian: & (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#&
Malay: &Category:Terms with Malay translations#&
Portuguese: & (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#&
Spanish: & (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#& (normally used on translated English names that contain this character, but rarely elsewhere)
Swedish: & (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#&, o̱Category:Terms with Swedish translations#&
Thai: & (th)Category:Terms with Thai translations#&
Vietnamese: &Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#&

Category:English coordinating conjunctions#&

Catalan

Conjunction

&Category:Catalan lemmas#&Category:Catalan conjunctions#&Category:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#&Category:Pages with entries#&Category:Pages with 11 entries#& (siglum Category:Catalan sigla#&)

abbreviation of iCategory:Catalan abbreviations#&

Esperanto

Conjunction

&Category:Esperanto lemmas#&Category:Esperanto conjunctions#&Category:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#&Category:Pages with entries#&Category:Pages with 11 entries#& (siglum Category:Esperanto sigla#&)

abbreviation of kajCategory:Esperanto abbreviations#&

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e/Category:French 1-syllable words#&Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation#&
Audio (France (Vosges)); “et commercial”: (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#&
Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#&

Conjunction

&Category:French lemmas#&Category:French conjunctions#&Category:French entries with incorrect language header#&Category:Pages with entries#&Category:Pages with 11 entries#& (siglum Category:French sigla#&)

abbreviation of etCategory:French abbreviations#&

Italian

Conjunction

&Category:Italian lemmas#&Category:Italian conjunctions#&Category:Italian entries with incorrect language header#&Category:Pages with entries#&Category:Pages with 11 entries#& (siglum Category:Italian sigla#&)

Japanese

Particle

&(アンド) • (andoCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#&Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#&) Category:Japanese lemmas#あんと'Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#あんと'Category:Japanese particles#あんと'Category:Japanese terms spelled with &#あんと'Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#あんと'Category:Pages with entries#&Category:Pages with 11 entries#& (siglum Category:Japanese sigla#&)

abbreviation of アンドCategory:Japanese abbreviations#&

Latin

Conjunction

&Category:Latin lemmas#&Category:Latin conjunctions#&Category:Latin entries with incorrect language header#&Category:Pages with entries#&Category:Pages with 11 entries#& (siglum Category:Latin sigla#&)

abbreviation of etCategory:Latin abbreviations#&
- 1772, Finnur Jónsson, chapter 1, in Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ [The Ecclesiastical History of Iceland]‎, volume 1, Copenhagen: Orphanotrophius Regii, section 1, page 1:
  Nam Schalholtum, ſedes epiſcopalis, in meridionali Islandia, jacet ſub gradu 6 4. & aliqvot min.
  [nam Schalholtum, sēdēs epīscopālis, in merīdiōnālī Īslandiā, jacet sub gradū 64. & aliquot mīn.]
  For Skálholt, the episcopal see in southern Iceland, lies at 64 degrees & a few minutes.
  Category:Latin terms with quotations#&