Else

See also Else

English

Most common English words: stand « past « suppose « #503: else » entered » none » river

Etymology

From Old English elles, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elios. Cognates include Latin alius, Ancient Greek ἄλλος, Template:Grc-alt, (Modern Greek [[αλλιώς#Template:El|αλλιώς]]), Armenian [[այլ#Template:Hy|այլ]] (ayl), Proto-Celtic *al(i)yo, Gothic Template:Rfscript aljis, Old Irish [[aile#Template:Sga|aile]], Breton [[eil#Template:Br|eil]], Welsh [[all-#Template:Cy|all-]], Cornish [[yl#Template:Kw|yl]], Gaulish allos (in La Graufesenque), Proto-Germanic *aljeso (adverbial use of genitive neuter form of Proto-Germanic *aljo-), Swedish eljest, Danish ellers, Norwegian ellers.

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /ɛls/, sometimes IPA: /ɛlts/

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Adjective

Else (not comparable)

Positive Else

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

   Can anyone else (=any other person) help me?

   What else (=what other thing) is there?

Usage notes

• This adjective usually follows an indefinite or interrogative pronoun, as in the examples above. In other cases, the adjective other is typically used.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adjective else

anybody else anyone else anyplace else anything else anywhere else elsewhere elsewhither everybody else everyone else everyplace else everything else

everwhere else nobody else no one else no place else nothing else nowhere else somebody else someone else someplace else something else somewhere else what else is new

Adverb

Else (not comparable)

Positive Else

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. Otherwise, if not.

   How else (=in what other way) can it be done?

   I'm busy Friday; when else (=what other time) works for you?

Usage notes

• (otherwise): This word frequently follows interrogative adverbs, such as how, why, and when, as well as the derived however, why ever, and whenever.

Synonyms

• otherwise

Derived terms

• or else

Translations

word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to

Danish: ellers Dutch: zoniet, anders, in het andere geval Finnish: muu fi(fi), toinen fi(fi), muuten fi(fi), muutoin fi(fi) French: sinon fr(fr), autrement fr(fr) Georgian: სხვანაირად ka(ka) (sxvanairad), სხვაგვარად ka(ka) (sxvagvarad)

German: sonst de(de), anders de(de), andernfalls de(de) Greek: αλλιώς el(el) (alliós) Italian: altro it(it) Portuguese: se não pt(pt), em vez de pt(pt), além disso pt(pt) Swedish: annat (things)

statement in computing that indicates the result of a conditional statement (if) evaluating as false

Finnish: muuten fi(fi) German: else de(de), sonst de(de) Greek: αλλιώς el(el) (alliós)

Italian: altrimenti it(it) Portuguese: se não pt(pt) Swedish: annars sv(sv)

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French: sinon, autrement Serbian: u suprotnom Spanish: sino Swedish: annan (person), annars

Conjunction

Template:En-conj

1. For otherwise; or else.

   Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.

2. (computing, in many programming languages and pseudocode) but if the condition of the previous if clause is false, do the following.

   if (edits.Count == 0) { NoEditsLabel.Visible = true; }

   else { EditHistory.Show(edits); }

See also

• and
• if
• not
• or
• then

Anagrams

• eels, eels, lees, lese, seel, sele

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Italian

Noun

else f.

1. Plural form of elsa.

Anagrams

• eels, lese

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