else

Senso

Adj

Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

Adv

Otherwise, if not.

Conj

For otherwise; or else.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɛls/

Etimologia

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”).

Frasi

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

Perché altrimenti avrebbe detto al suo principale rivale di prepararsi per una corsa?