and/or

and/or

See also: andor, Andor, and ändor

English

Alternative forms

• 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), kajaû Finnish: tai (fi), ja/tai French: et/ou (fr) Georgian: ან/და (an/da) German: und/oder 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 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