English Pronunciation (stressed) ănd, /ænd/, /{nd/ (unstressed) ən(d), /ən(d)/, /@n(d)/ Conjunction and Used to connect two homogeneous (similar) words, phrases etc; as well as; together with; in addition to Used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order. Used to indicate causation ("Ask me the definition of 'and' again and I'll scream.") Usage note Beginning a sentence with and or any other conjunction is considered incorrect by classical grammarians, but use of the word in this way is very common. It is however best to avoid beginning a sentence with and in formal writing. Translations Arabic: و (wa) Basque: eta, ta Breton: ha, hag (form before a vowel) Bulgarian: и Catalan: i Czech: a Dutch: en Esperanto: kaj Finnish: ja, ynnä (old) French: et (1, 2, 3) Frisian: en German: und Greek: και Guarani: ha Hebrew: -ו Indonesian: dan Interlingua: e (rarely: et) Italian: e (1, 2, 3) (optionally becoming ed before a vowel for euphony) Japanese: と (to), かつ (katsu) Korean: 와/과 (wa/gwa), 그리고 (geurigo) Latin: et? Persian: وَ (væ) Polish: i Portuguese: e Romanian: şi Russian: и Spanish: y, e Swedish: och Tok Pisin: na (1, 2), wantaim (1) Turkish: ve Danish Noun and duck Norwegian Noun and duck Swedish Noun and duck
Pronunciation (stressed) ănd, /ænd/, /{nd/ (unstressed) ən(d), /ən(d)/, /@n(d)/ Conjunction and Used to connect two homogeneous (similar) words, phrases etc; as well as; together with; in addition to Used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order. Used to indicate causation ("Ask me the definition of 'and' again and I'll scream.") Usage note Beginning a sentence with and or any other conjunction is considered incorrect by classical grammarians, but use of the word in this way is very common. It is however best to avoid beginning a sentence with and in formal writing. Translations Arabic: و (wa) Basque: eta, ta Breton: ha, hag (form before a vowel) Bulgarian: и Catalan: i Czech: a Dutch: en Esperanto: kaj Finnish: ja, ynnä (old) French: et (1, 2, 3) Frisian: en German: und Greek: και Guarani: ha Hebrew: -ו Indonesian: dan Interlingua: e (rarely: et) Italian: e (1, 2, 3) (optionally becoming ed before a vowel for euphony) Japanese: と (to), かつ (katsu) Korean: 와/과 (wa/gwa), 그리고 (geurigo) Latin: et? Persian: وَ (væ) Polish: i Portuguese: e Romanian: şi Russian: и Spanish: y, e Swedish: och Tok Pisin: na (1, 2), wantaim (1) Turkish: ve Danish Noun and duck Norwegian Noun and duck Swedish Noun and duck
