else
Significado (English)
-
Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.
Concepts
Synonyms
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɛls/
Etymology (English)
From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“other”). Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), Arcadocypriot αἶλος (aîlos), modern Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”).
Bookmark this
Improve your pronunciation
Write this word
Start learning inglés with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "else" and many other words and sentences in inglés.
Go to our inglés course page
Notes