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Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 6 votes)Rate this definition: et al., et al, et alii, et aliae, et alia(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)
For the second reference, the two remaining names can be abbreviated to et al. A Quirk of Et Al. Finally, be careful of a quirk of et al., which is that it is pluralâthat is, it must replace at least two names (or, put another way, it cannot stand for only one name).