Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary
or [ingl brit ɔː, ingl am ɔr] CONG In most uses or is translated by ou. There are two exceptions to this:
When used to link alternatives after a negative verb (I can't come today or tomorrow). For translations see 3. below.
When used to indicate consequence (be careful or you'll cut yourself) or explanation (it can't be serious or she'd have called us) the translation is sinon: fais attention sinon tu vas te couper; ça ne peut pas être grave sinon elle nous aurait appelés. See 6. and 7. below.
1. or (linking two or more alternatives):
2. or (linking two clear alternatives):
3. or (linking alternatives in the negative):
4. or (indicating approximation, vagueness):
5. or (introducing qualification, correction, explanation):
6. or (indicating consequence: otherwise):
I. either [ingl brit ˈʌɪðə, ˈiːðə, ingl am ˈiðər, ˈaɪðər] PRON
1. either (one or other):
2. either (both):
II. either [ingl brit ˈʌɪðə, ˈiːðə, ingl am ˈiðər, ˈaɪðər] DETERM
1. either (one or the other):
2. either (both):
III. either [ingl brit ˈʌɪðə, ˈiːðə, ingl am ˈiðər, ˈaɪðər] AVV
IV. either [ingl brit ˈʌɪðə, ˈiːðə, ingl am ˈiðər, ˈaɪðər] CONG
1. either (as alternatives):
2. either (in the negative):
nel dizionario PONS
I. either [ˈaɪðəʳ, ingl am ˈi:ðɚ] AGG
II. either [ˈaɪðəʳ, ingl am ˈi:ðɚ] PRON
III. either [ˈaɪðəʳ, ingl am ˈi:ðɚ] AVV (in alternatives)
or [ɔ:ʳ, ingl am ɔ:r] CONG
I. either [ˈaɪðəʳ, ingl am ˈi:ðɚ] AGG
II. either [ˈaɪðəʳ, ingl am ˈi:ðɚ] PRON
III. either [ˈaɪðəʳ, ingl am ˈi:ðɚ] AVV (in alternatives)
or [ɔr] CONG
I. either [ˈi·ðər] AGG
II. either [ˈi·ðər] PRON
III. either [ˈi·ðər] AVV (in alternatives)
I. either [ˈi·ðər] AGG
II. either [ˈi·ðər] PRON
III. either [ˈi·ðər] AVV (in alternatives)
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