e.g.

Etymology
The is a terser form of, both  ; e.g. was also used as an abbreviation in Latin.

The is derived from the adverb.

Pronunciation

 * (see the usage notes below)
 * (see the usage notes below)

Adverb

 * : for the sake of an example; for example.

Usage notes

 * Unlike, e.g. is very seldom read as a full Latin phrase. Like , it is typically read out as its English (“for example”) or as its letters (“E-G”). It is also sometimes taught or glossed as “example given” for the benefit of English speakers.
 * E.g. and its examples are typically set off from the rest of the sentence by punctuation. In US English, e.g. is usually followed by a comma. It is not followed by a comma in other English-speaking countries.
 * I like sweet foods, e.g. danishes.
 * I like sweet foods (e.g., marzipan) but brush regularly.
 * I like sweet foods (e.g. marzipan) but brush regularly.
 * I like sweet foods — e.g., red-bean zongzi — and so prefer Shanghainese cuisine to, e.g., Cantonese.


 * The example(s) following e.g. should be illustrative, not exhaustive. An exhaustive list or rephrasing uses i.e. instead. The use of after e.g. is typically redundant.
 * Rarely, is spelled in full.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: p. sh.
 * Arabic: على سبيل المثال, نحو
 * Armenian: օր.
 * Basque:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ekz.
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: t.d.
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:  (dated: z. E. ),
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: לדוג׳,, לְמָשָׁל
 * Hungarian: pl.
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: m.sh.
 * Italian: ad es.
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 예를 들면
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: wekî mînak, wekî nimûne, mîsalen, ,
 * Latin:, ;
 * Latvian: piem.
 * Lithuanian: pvz.
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay: mis. ,
 * Northern Sami: omd.
 * Norwegian Bokmål: ,
 * Norwegian Nynorsk: ,
 * Persian: برای مثال
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: de ex., e.g.
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: нпр.
 * Roman: npr.
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: na pś.
 * Spanish: p. ej.
 * Swedish:, , tex. ,
 * Tagalog: hal.
 * Turkish: örn.
 * Ukrainian: наприклад
 * Vietnamese: vd.
 * Welsh: e.e.

Noun

 * 1)  An example.

Adverb
(by justification)


 * 1) exemplī grātiā ("for the sake of an example, for example")
 * 2) * 1732 (MDCCXXXII), Antonius Mayr, Theologia Scholastica, Ingolstadium, page 55, by justification:
 * "la"

- nam licèt e. g. fornicatio prohibita sit non tamen id semper fieri necesse est. e.g. aliquis corruptus pecuniâ & tamen obligationem e. g. restituendi damnum


 * 1) * 1821, Julius Müller, Ratio et historia odii quo foenus habitum est, pages 3 and 10, by justification:
 * "la"

- Interdum etiam utrumque vocabulum in usu loquendi inter se commutatur, e. g. Dig. XIII, C. 4. Liv. XXIII, 48. Recentiora denique iura, quibus foenus prohibitum est, e.g. ius Francogallorum,