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et cetera
et cet·er·a [ et séttərə, et séttrə ] or et·cet·er·a [ et séttərə, et séttrə ]


adverb 
Definition:
 
and so on: used to indicate that a list contains other unspecified items


noun 
Definition:
 
something or somebody unspecified: one of several or many unspecified things or people
[< Latin, "and the rest"]

The correct pronunciations of et cetera are /et séttərə, /, /et séttrə, /, not /ek séttərə, /.
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