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==English==

===Etymology===
{{blend|en|ampersand|at}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈæm.pə.sæt/|/ˈæmp.ə.zæt/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈæm.pɚ.sæt/|/ˈæmp.ɚ.zæt/|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|rare}} The [[at sign#Noun|at sign]] ([[@#Symbol|@]]).
#: {{syn|en|atmark|at symbol|commercial at|asperand}}
#* {{RQ:Independent|author=David Bowen|title=bits & bytes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007061502/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/bits-bytes-1317440.html|date=5 February 1996|passage=Two weeks ago, Tim Nott asked what the @, the hub of the e-mail address, should be called. {{...}} In the UK, Tim Gowens offered the highly logical "'''ampersat'''" and the art historian Frances Marks suggested "Van Gogh's ear".|brackets=on}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2000|author=Wankyu Choi; Allan Kent; Chris Lea|title=Beginning PHP4|page=249|passage={{...}}there are users out there on the Internet right now who think that they possess an e-mail address containing neither an at-sign (@ often known as an "'''ampersat'''") nor a domain name.|brackets=on}}
#* {{RQ:Slate|author=L.V. Anderson|title=Follow Friday: The Internet's Wittiest Angst-Ridden Folk Musician|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830023155/https://slate.com/culture/2011/11/john-darnielle-of-the-mountain-goats-on-twitter-follow-friday.html|date=18 November 2011|passage=From his Twitter feed I have learned that Darnielle is interested in politics, feminist activism, professional boxing (he sometimes live-tweets exciting bouts), vegan cooking, and his infant son. He engages eagerly with fans—his homepage is a flurry of '''ampersats''' from his back-and-forths with followers.}}

====Usage notes====
* As the ''ampers-'' part of {{m|en|ampersand}} compares from the phrase "and per se", the term "ampersat" is sometimes read as "and per se at".

====Translations====
{{trans-see|at sign}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aaemprst|aptamers|tera amps|tera-amps|teraamps}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Noun===
{{head|sh|noun|g=m}}

# {{lb|sh|physics}} [[ampere-hour]]