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• ī′thər
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• rhymes with -iːðə(ɹ)
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.ðə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈiː.ðə/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈɑjðə/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈɪjðə/
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• General-American: /ˈaɪ.ðɚ/
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• General-American: /ˈi.ðɚ/
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• India, North: /ˈɑj.d̪ə(r)/
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• India, North: /ˈi.d̪ə(r)/
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• ā′thər
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• Northern-England, rare: /ˈeɪ.ðə(ɹ)/ in use until the 20th c.
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• India, South: /ˈɛj.d̪ə(r)/
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• CMU ARPABET: IY1 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: AY1 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English either, from Old English ǣġhwæþer, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw + *gahwaþar. Akin to Old Saxon eogihwethar, iahwethar (Low German jeed); Old Dutch *iogewether, *iowether, *iother (Dutch ieder); Old High German eogihwedar, iegihweder, ieweder (German jeder). The pronunciations with /iː/ and /eɪ/ respectively reflect Middle English forms in /ɛː/ and /æi/; the origin of that with /aɪ/ is less clear, but it may reflect a Middle English form with /iː/; see Middle English either for more discussion.

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَيْضًا (ʔayḍan) — (after a negative) as well
• Arabic: كَذٰلِكَ (ka-ḏālika) — (after a negative) as well
• Bulgarian: също (sǎšto) — (after a negative) as well
• Catalan: tampoc — (after a negative) as well
• Chinese Mandarin: 也不 (yěbù) — (after a negative) as well
• Danish: heller — (after a negative) as well
• Dutch: ook (niet) — (after a negative) as well
• Estonian: samuti — (after a negative) as well
• Finnish: myöskään — (after a negative) as well
• Finnish: -kaan — (after a negative) as well
• Finnish: -kään — (after a negative) as well
• French: non plus — (after a negative) as well
• German: auch — (after a negative) as well
• German: ebenso — (after a negative) as well
• German: ebenfalls — (after a negative) as well
• Greek: ούτε (oúte) — (after a negative) as well
• Hungarian: sem — (after a negative) as well
• Irish: ach oiread — (after a negative) as well
• Italian: neanche — (after a negative) as well
• Italian: nemmeno — (after a negative) as well
• Italian: neppure — (after a negative) as well
• Kapampangan: murin — (after a negative) as well
• Kapampangan: rinmo — (after a negative) as well
• Kapampangan: rin — (after a negative) as well
• Kapampangan: edi...rin — (after a negative) as well
• Norwegian: heller — (after a negative) as well
• Polish: też nie — (after a negative) as well
• Portuguese: também não — (after a negative) as well
• Portuguese: tampouco — (after a negative) as well
• Romanian: nici — (after a negative) as well
• Russian: та́кже не (tákže ne) — (after a negative) as well
• Spanish: tampoco — (after a negative) as well
• Swedish: heller — (after a negative) as well
• Ukrainian: тако́ж (takóž) — (after a negative) as well
• Welsh: chwaith — (after a negative) as well
• Arabic: إِمَّا ... إِمَّا (ʔimmā ... ʔimmā) — introduces the first of two options
• Arabic: اما ...أو (ʔima...ʔaw..) — introduces the first of two options
• Arabic: يا اما... يا (ya ʔima... ya) — introduces the first of two options
• Belarusian: або́ ... або́ (abó ... abó) — introduces the first of two options
• Belarusian: альбо́ ... альбо́ (alʹbó ... alʹbó) — introduces the first of two options
• Belarusian: ці ... ці (ci ... ci) — introduces the first of two options
• Bulgarian: или ... или (ili ... ili) — introduces the first of two options
• Bulgarian: нито ... нито (nito ... nito) — introduces the first of two options
• Chinese Cantonese: 一係......一係...... /一系......一系...... (jat1 hai6 ... jat1 hai6 ...) — introduces the first of two options
• Chinese Mandarin: 或者......或者...... (huòzhě ... huòzhě ...) — introduces the first of two options
• Chinese Mandarin: 要麼......要麼...... /要么......要么...... (yàome ... yàome ...) — introduces the first of two options
• Czech: buď ... nebo — introduces the first of two options
• Czech: buď ... anebo — introduces the first of two options
• Dutch: of — introduces the first of two options
• Dutch: ofwel — introduces the first of two options
• Dutch: hetzij — introduces the first of two options
• Esperanto: ĉu — introduces the first of two options
• Estonian: kas — introduces the first of two options
• Faroese: antin — introduces the first of two options
• Finnish: joko — introduces the first of two options
• Finnish: joko tai — introduces the first of two options
• French: ou — introduces the first of two options
• French: soit — introduces the first of two options
• French: soit ... ou — introduces the first of two options
• German: entweder — introduces the first of two options
• German: entweder ... oder — introduces the first of two options
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷 (andizuh) — introduces the first of two options
• Greek: είτε ... είτε (eíte ... eíte) — introduces the first of two options
• Ancient Greek: ἤτοι ... ἤ (ḗtoi ... ḗ) — introduces the first of two options
• Ancient Greek: εἴτε ... εἴτε (eíte ... eíte) — introduces the first of two options
• Hungarian: vagy...vagy... — introduces the first of two options
• Icelandic: annaðhvort — introduces the first of two options
• Indonesian: antara ... atau — introduces the first of two options
• Italian: o — introduces the first of two options
• Italian: oppure — introduces the first of two options
• Japanese: ...か...か (-ka ...-ka) — introduces the first of two options
• Kapampangan: ...ka...ka — introduces the first of two options
• Kapampangan: ...ya...ya — introduces the first of two options
• Kapampangan: ...man...man — introduces the first of two options
• Kapampangan: ...mo...mo — introduces the first of two options
• Kapampangan: o — introduces the first of two options
• Konkani: एका...कि (ekā...ki) — introduces the first of two options
• Korean: ...든지 ...든지 (...deunji ...-deunji) — introduces the first of two options
• Korean: ...든 ...든 (...deun ...-deun) — introduces the first of two options
• Latin: aut ... aut — introduces the first of two options
• Norwegian Bokmål: enten — introduces the first of two options
• Norwegian Nynorsk: anten — introduces the first of two options
• Norwegian Nynorsk: enten — introduces the first of two options
• Old English: oþþe — introduces the first of two options
• Persian: یا — introduces the first of two options
• Polish: albo... albo... — introduces the first of two options
• Polish: ani ... ani... — introduces the first of two options
• Polish: bądź — introduces the first of two options
• Portuguese: ou ... ou — introduces the first of two options
• Russian: и́ли ... и́ли (íli ... íli) — introduces the first of two options
• Russian: ли́бо ... ли́бо (líbo ... líbo) — introduces the first of two options
• Scots: ither — introduces the first of two options
• Scottish Gaelic: aon chuid — introduces the first of two options
• Scottish Gaelic: an dara cuid — introduces the first of two options
• Sicilian: o ... o — introduces the first of two options
• Sicilian: o...o puru — introduces the first of two options
• Slovak: buď...alebo... — introduces the first of two options
• Spanish: o... o — introduces the first of two options
• Spanish: ya sea... o — introduces the first of two options
• Spanish: bien... o — introduces the first of two options
• Spanish: o bien... o bien — introduces the first of two options
• Spanish: bien... bien — introduces the first of two options
• Spanish: ahora... ahora — introduces the first of two options
• Spanish: ora... ora — introduces the first of two options
• Spanish: ya... ya — introduces the first of two options
• Spanish: siquiera... siquiera — introduces the first of two options
• Swedish: antingen...eller — introduces the first of two options
• Turkish: ya ... ya — introduces the first of two options
• Turkish: ya ... ya da — introduces the first of two options
• Ukrainian: або́ ... або́ (abó ... abó) — introduces the first of two options
• Vietnamese: hoặc ... hoặc — introduces the first of two options
• Welsh: naill ai ... neu — introduces the first of two options
• Bulgarian: всеки (vseki) — each of two
• Danish: begge — each of two
• Dutch: beide — each of two
• Esperanto: ambaŭ — each of two
• Estonian: mõlemad — each of two
• Finnish: kumpikin — each of two
• Finnish: molemmat — each of two
• French: chaque — each of two
• French: les deux — each of two
• French: l'un ou l'autre — each of two
• German: beide — each of two
• Greek: είτε (eíte) — each of two
• Hungarian: vagy — each of two
• Italian: ciascuno — each of two
• Italian: entrambi — each of two
• Italian: ogni — each of two
• Latin: alteruter — each of two
• Norwegian Bokmål: begge — each of two
• Pashto: دواړه (dwâṛa) — each of two
• Polish: oba — each of two
• Portuguese: ambos — each of two
• Portuguese: qualquer um — each of two
• Romanian: fiecare — each of two
• Romanian: amândoi — each of two
• Russian: ка́ждый (káždyj) — each of two
• Sicilian: tutt'e dui — each of two
• Spanish: cada — each of two
• Swedish: båda — each of two
• Swedish: bägge — each of two
• Ukrainian: ко́жен (kóžen) — each of two