@

Etymology
A cursive variation of ᾱ or ᾱᾱ, the abbreviation of Greek used in recipes and prescriptions with the meaning "of each", and later extended to accounting. (Other explanations have that it is ā, an abbreviation of Latin, or French .)

Use to create gender-neutral spellings of Spanish and Portuguese words is due to the fact that

Symbol

 * 1)  The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address ("at" the domain name).
 * 2) At the rate of; per.
 * (that is, seven, at two dollars each, are fourteen dollars).
 * 1)  The most common choice of configurable prefix symbol to identify a channel operator.
 * 2)  Prepended to the name of the user to whom a remark is addressed.
 * Bob: How can I stop other people from accessing my files when they use my computer? Jack: @Bob, you need to protect the files with a password.
 * 1)  A pulse of laughter.
 * 2)  In roguelike games, the player character, conventionally represented by this symbol in character-based interfaces.
 * While I was dealing with the hounds, an orc tracker stumbled across @ from the east.
 * While I was dealing with the hounds, an orc tracker stumbled across @ from the east.

Pronunciation

 * , ("at")
 * ("each at")
 * ("each at")

Preposition

 * 1) at a rate of (so much each)
 * 2)  at (any sense)
 * 1)  at (any sense)
 * 1)  at (any sense)

Translations

 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To reply to or talk to someone, either online or face to face.

Usage notes
Chiefly used in the phrase. It can be used humorously when stated after an unpopular or ironic opinion, to forestall dissent.

Alternative forms

 * at

Preposition

 * 1)  regarding

Symbol

 * 1)  The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address.

Usage notes
The symbol is called, or sometimes colloquially.

Symbol

 * 1)  The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address.

Usage notes
The symbol is called in Hungarian because of its shape.

Symbol

 * 1)  The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address.

Usage notes
The symbol is called, , or.

Particle

 * 1) at a rate of

Etymology 2
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Usage notes

 * and have been gradually displaced by  as gender-neutral suffixes in favor of users of text-to-speech and people with reading disorders.

Usage notes

 * This symbol is called, , , , or.

Usage notes
The sign has several possible names:

Symbol

 * 1)  The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address.

Usage notes
The symbol is called in Swedish because of its shape. Less formally it is also known as or