else

autre

Différent de la personne ou chose déjà mentionnée, ou qui s’y ajoute.

En anglais simple : Other than the person or thing already mentioned, or additional to them.

• Ask someone else.
• Would you like anything else?
• Who else came to the party?

Comment l'utiliser : someone/something else (Ask someone else for help.); question word + else (Where else could we look?)

Synonymes : other, additional

Expressions courantes : someone else, anything else, who else, something else

sinon

Dans « or else », indique ce qui arrivera si ce qui précède n’est pas vrai ou n’est pas fait.

En anglais simple : Used after or to introduce what happens if the previous statement or action is not true.

• Hurry, or else we will be late.
• It must be locked, or else the door would open.
• Save your work, or else you could lose it.

Comment l'utiliser : clause + or else + clause (Take a coat, or else you will get cold.)

Synonymes : otherwise

Expressions courantes : or else, leave or else

sinon, autrement

Indique que, si cela ne se produit pas, le résultat sera différent.

En anglais simple : If this does not happen, a different result will follow.

• Hurry up, or else we will miss the bus.
• Keep the receipt, or else you cannot return it.
• Wear a coat, or else you will get cold.

Synonymes : otherwise

Expressions courantes : or else, else fail

ou gare à toi

Dans « or else », menace de conséquences désagréables si l’autre ne fait pas ce qu’on lui demande.

En anglais simple : Used after or to warn that something bad will happen unless someone does what you say.

• Be quiet, or else!
• He told us to leave immediately, or else.
• You had better pay me today, or else!

Comment l'utiliser : command + or else (Give it back, or else!)

Expressions courantes : or else, stop or else

sinon, sans quoi

Introduit ce qui arriverait si ce qui précède n’était pas vrai ou n’était pas respecté.

En anglais simple : This introduces what would happen if the previous statement were not true or followed.

• The door must be open, else we cannot enter.
• She knew the answer, else she would have stayed silent.
• The figures must be wrong, else our costs have doubled.

Synonymes : otherwise, or

Expressions courantes : else it would, else we cannot

autre

Désigne une personne ou une chose différente de celle mentionnée, ou qui s’y ajoute.

En anglais simple : This shows that you mean a different or additional person or thing.

• Would you like anything else?
• Someone else answered the phone.
• What else did you buy?

Comment l'utiliser : someone/something else (Someone else has taken my seat.)

Synonymes : other

Expressions courantes : someone else, something else, what else, anything else