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== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ɛls/ (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɛlts/ Rhymes: -ɛls === Adjective === else (not comparable) (postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items. ==== 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 ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === else (not comparable) (usually follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not. ==== Usage notes ==== (otherwise): This word frequently follows interrogative adverbs, such as how, why, and when, as well as the derived however, whyever, and whenever. ==== Synonyms ==== otherwise ==== Derived terms ==== or else ==== Translations ==== === Conjunction === else For otherwise; or else. ==== Derived terms ==== if-then-else dangling else ==== Translations ==== === See also === and if not or then === Anagrams === slee, Slee, lese, lees, EELS, Lees, eels, seel, sele, ELEs, l'ees == Italian == === Noun === else f plural of elsa === Anagrams === Sele, lese