Etymology

From , from . Cognates include Latin , Ancient Greek , , (Modern Greek ), Armenian , , Gothic , Old Irish , Breton , Welsh , Cornish , Gaulish allos (in La Graufesenque), (adverbial use of genitive neuter form of ), Swedish , Danish , Norwegian .

Adjective

1. Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

   Can anyone else (=any other person) help me?

   What else (=what other thing) is there?

Usage notes

• This adjective usually follows an indefinite or interrogative pronoun, as in the examples above. In other cases, the adjective is typically used.

Adverb

1. 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

This word frequently follows interrogative adverbs, such as , , and , as well as the derived , , and .

Conjunction

1. For otherwise; or else.

   Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.

2. but if the condition of the previous clause is false, do the following.

   if (edits.Count 0) { NoEditsLabel.Visible = true; }

   else { EditHistory.Show(edits); }