Ampersand
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The ampersand, also known as the and sign, is the logogram &, representing the conjunction "and". It originated as a ligature of the letters et—Latin for "and".[1]
"&" redirects here. For other uses, see & (disambiguation).
This article is about the symbol. For other uses, see Ampersand (disambiguation).
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Ampersand | |
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& | |
﹠, ⅋, &, 🙰, 🙱, 🙲, 🙳, 🙴, 🙵 | |
Usage | |
Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Logographic and Ideographic |
Language of origin | Latin language |
Unicode codepoint | U+0026 |
Alphabetical position | (27) |
History | |
Development | |
Time period | c. 100 CE to present |
Descendants | • ⅋ |
Sisters | Greek letter ϗ (ligature of κ, α and ι similarly to &) Armenian letter և (ligature of ե and ւ, pronounced /jɛv/; եւ is the Armenian word for "and"); Sindhi letter, ۽ |
Transliteration equivalents | plus sign, + |
Variations | ﹠, ⅋, &, 🙰, 🙱, 🙲, 🙳, 🙴, 🙵 |
Other | |
Other letters commonly used with | &C (etC) |
Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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