• (British) IPA: /ˈæm.pə.sæt/, /ˈæmp.ə.zæt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈæm.pɚ.sæt/, /ˈæmp.ɚ.zæt/

ampersat (plural ampersats)

1. (rare) The at sign (@).

   Synonyms: atmark, at symbol, commercial at, asperand

   • [1996 February 5, David Bowen, “bits & bytes”, in The Independent‎^{[https://web.archive.org/web/20221007061502/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/bits-bytes-1317440.html]}, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN ↗, →OCLC ↗, archived from the original ↗ on 2022-10-07:

     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".]

   • [2000, Wankyu Choi, Allan Kent, Chris Lea, Beginning PHP4, page 249:

     […] 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.]

   • 2011 November 18, L.V. Anderson, “Follow Friday: The Internet’s Wittiest Angst-Ridden Folk Musician”, in Slate‎^{[https://web.archive.org/web/20200830023155/https://slate.com/culture/2011/11/john-darnielle-of-the-mountain-goats-on-twitter-follow-friday.html]}, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN ↗, →OCLC ↗, archived from the original ↗ on 2020-08-30:

     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.