WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
et al adv 1: 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." [syn: et al., et al, et alii, et aliae, et alia] 2: and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text) [syn: et al., et al, et alibi]