else

Meaning

Adj

Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

Adv

Otherwise, if not.

Conj

For otherwise; or else.

Synonyms

other

otherwise

another

or

more

also

different

further

differently

additional

if not

too

on

🔛

besides

if not so

again

🔁

nonsimilar

another one

anymore

beyond

either

elsewhere

most

no more

nor

or else

other than

remaining

rest of

still

another thing

the more

Translations

sonst

autre

altro

autrement

otro

anders

altrimenti

más

anders

άλλος

se no

sinon

ander

outro

αλλιώς

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛls/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ells

Inherited from Old English: elles

Cognate with Old Frisian: elles

Cognate with Old High German: elles

Cognate with Danish: eller

Cognate with Danish: ellers

Cognate with Swedish: eljes

Cognate with Norwegian: elles

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃

Cognate with Latin: alius

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἄλλος

Cognate with Greek: αλλιώς

In summary

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”), Proto-Slavic *olni.

Sentences

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

Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else .