What does "et al." stand for? (Example below)?

Question

Like in a text book that sitess findings from research done by someone else. It will say something like,

Kittens are fuzzy (Roberts, et.al 2006)

Answer 1

It is short for the latin "et alii":

Used similarly to et cetera ("and the rest"), to stand for a list of names. Alii is actually masculine, so it can be used for men, or groups of men and women; the feminine, et aliae, is appropriate when the "others" are all female, and the neuter, et alia ("and other things"), is also common. APA style suggests that et alii may be used if the work cited was written by more than six authors; MLA style suggests that only three are necessary.

So, basically, it means "et cetera" or "etc.", in the example you gave, it would mean that people other than Roberts contributed.

Answer 2

Basically, it means " and other authors".

In the bibliography, ALL authors of a work referenced will be listed, throughout the body of the work the first author and "et al" will be used when the reference work is cedited.

Answer 3

and the rest/and all others.
Another example is when you are referring to the same group of people, instead of referring to each, you'd say John Smith, et. al.

Answer 4

Short for et alii.

It means "and others" in Latin.

Answer 5

et al means 'and the rest', there is probably more than one author....

Answer 6

It means "et alii", which is Latin for "and others".

Answer 7

Literally translated it stands for "and others."

Answer 8

and all others