Et al Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Et al has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Adverb

and others ('et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people)

"the data reported by Smith et al."

et al. et al et alii et aliae et alia

and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text)

et al. et al et alibi

Phrase

Alternative form of et al.