et alia

From Wiktionary
See also et al.

Adverb[change]

Positive
et alia

Comparative
none

Superlative
none

  1. et alia means "and others." It is almost always written et al.
    If you are writing a long list of names, you can use et alia to make the list shorter. You can write a few names, and then write et alia to stand for the rest of the names.
    Since the book was written by ten different authors, I used et al. in my report instead of writing all of their names. I wrote: "In their book, Fallon, Daniels, Stefan, et al. say that chocolate is good for you."


Usage notes[change]

  • Normally, et alia and et al. are only used in academic writing
  • et alia is always written in lowercase letters
  • et alia is usually written in italics
  • et alia usually stands for at least two names