and/or

See also: andor, Andor, and ändor

English

Alternative forms

• &/or, and or

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈændɔː(ɹ)/

Conjunction

and/or

1. Joins two alternatives to mean either or both; indicates that inclusive or is meant where or alone might be taken to mean exclusive or.

   List three personal and/or business references.

   (meaning that these three references could be all personal, all business, or a combination of both)

   • 1960, Walt Kelly, Pogo, January 21 comic strip (→ISBN, p. 113):

     [Howland Owl:] There wasn't no everybody else... 'cept them what was in jail and/or dead.
     [Albert:] Since when is it a crime to be dead?

Synonyms

• or

Translations

inclusive "or"

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 和/或 (hé/huò)

• Czech: a/nebo
• Danish: og/eller
• Dutch: en/of (nl)
• Esperanto: kaŭ (eo)
• Finnish: tai (fi), ja/tai
• French: et/ou (fr)
• Georgian: ან/და (an/da)
• German: und/oder
• Greek: και/ή (kai/í)
• Hebrew: ו/או (v'/o)
• Hungarian: és/vagy
• Icelandic: og/eða
• Ido: od (io), o (io), vel (io) (rare)
• Italian: e/o
• Latin: vel (la)
• Macedonian: и/или (i/ili)
• Malagasy: sy/na
• Norwegian Bokmål: og/eller
• Norwegian Nynorsk: og/eller
• Polish: i/lub (pl)
• Portuguese: e/ou
• Romanian: și/sau
• Russian: и́/и́ли (ru) (í/íli)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: и/или

  Roman: i/ili

• Spanish: y/o, (before words beginning in 'o-' or 'ho-') y/u
• Swedish: och/eller
• Turkish: ve/veya

See also

• and/or on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ardon, Daron, Doran, Drona, NORAD, Nador, Nardo, Ronda, adorn, andro, andro-, norad, radon, rando