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else
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 *h?élyos, from *h?el- (“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 ???????????????????? (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ????? (állos), Arcadocypriot ????? (aîlos), modern Greek ?????? (alliós, “otherwise, else”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?ls/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /?lts/
- Rhymes: -?ls
Adjective
else (not comparable)
- (postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.
- The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- Prospero:
- Thou hast done well, fine Ariel. Follow me;
- Hark what thou else shalt do me.
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)
- (follows interrogative adverbs) 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, whyever, and whenever.
Synonyms
- otherwise
Derived terms
- or else
Translations
Conjunction
else
- For otherwise; or else.
- Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.
- 1903, Jack London, The Call of the Wild, Grosset & Dunlap, page 44:
- […] and his first experience taught him an unforgetable lesson. It is true, it was a vicarious experience, else he would not have lived to profit by it.
Translations
See also
- and
- if
- not
- or
- then
Anagrams
- EELS, ELEs, Lees, Slee, eels, l'ees, lees, lese, seel, sele
Italian
Noun
else f
- plural of elsa
Anagrams
- lese
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elfe
English
Etymology
From Middle English elfe, from Old English ielfen, feminine of ielf (“elf”).
Noun
elfe (plural elfen or elfene)
- (obsolete) A female elf, a fairy, nymph
- Scho was so faire & so fresche, as faucon hire semed, An elfe out of an-othire erde, or ellis an Aungell. — The Wars of Alexander, 1450
- (She was so fair and happy and seemed elegant, an elfe from another world or else an angel.)
- He was takyn with an elfe ... When the clok stroke twelf was he forshapyn. — The Towneley Plays, 1500
References
- MED, elf, elve(n)
Anagrams
- feel, fele, flee, leef
Esperanto
Etymology
elfo (“elf”) +? -e (“adverb”)
Adverb
elfe
- in an elfin manner, elvishly
- in Elvish (language)
Related terms
- elfa (“elfen”)
- elfo (“elf”)
French
Etymology
Swedish älf, from Old Norse alfr, compare Old English ælf. Originated from Indo-European Proto-Indo-European *h?elb?ós (“brilliant, shining white”) via Proto-Germanic *albiz (“elf”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lf/
- Homophone: elfes
Noun
elfe m (plural elfes)
- elf
Derived terms
- elfique
Further reading
- “elfe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- fêle, fêlé
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ælf.
Noun
elfe
- Alternative form of elf
Etymology 2
From Old English ælfen.
Noun
elfe
- Alternative form of elven
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