either

Etymology
From, from , from +. Akin to 🇨🇬, (🇨🇬); 🇨🇬,,  (🇨🇬); 🇨🇬, ,  (🇨🇬).

Pronunciation

 * In the UK, is used more in Southern England, and  is more usual in Northern England. In North America,  is the most common, but  is predominant in some regions. Note that even if one pronunciation is more common in a region, the pronunciation used varies by individual speaker and sometimes by situation.  was once heard in Northern England, but has now largely fallen into disuse.
 * In the UK, is used more in Southern England, and  is more usual in Northern England. In North America,  is the most common, but  is predominant in some regions. Note that even if one pronunciation is more common in a region, the pronunciation used varies by individual speaker and sometimes by situation.  was once heard in Northern England, but has now largely fallen into disuse.
 * In the UK, is used more in Southern England, and  is more usual in Northern England. In North America,  is the most common, but  is predominant in some regions. Note that even if one pronunciation is more common in a region, the pronunciation used varies by individual speaker and sometimes by situation.  was once heard in Northern England, but has now largely fallen into disuse.
 * In the UK, is used more in Southern England, and  is more usual in Northern England. In North America,  is the most common, but  is predominant in some regions. Note that even if one pronunciation is more common in a region, the pronunciation used varies by individual speaker and sometimes by situation.  was once heard in Northern England, but has now largely fallen into disuse.
 * In the UK, is used more in Southern England, and  is more usual in Northern England. In North America,  is the most common, but  is predominant in some regions. Note that even if one pronunciation is more common in a region, the pronunciation used varies by individual speaker and sometimes by situation.  was once heard in Northern England, but has now largely fallen into disuse.
 * In the UK, is used more in Southern England, and  is more usual in Northern England. In North America,  is the most common, but  is predominant in some regions. Note that even if one pronunciation is more common in a region, the pronunciation used varies by individual speaker and sometimes by situation.  was once heard in Northern England, but has now largely fallen into disuse.
 * In the UK, is used more in Southern England, and  is more usual in Northern England. In North America,  is the most common, but  is predominant in some regions. Note that even if one pronunciation is more common in a region, the pronunciation used varies by individual speaker and sometimes by situation.  was once heard in Northern England, but has now largely fallen into disuse.

Determiner

 * 1) Any one (of two).
 * 2) Each of two; both.
 * 3)  Any one (of more than two).
 * 1)  Any one (of more than two).
 * 1)  Any one (of more than two).
 * 1)  Any one (of more than two).
 * 1)  Any one (of more than two).

Usage notes

 * When there are more than two alternatives, in the sense of “one of many”, is now generally used instead.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: всеки
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , l'un ou l'autre
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latin: alteruter
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Pashto:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, qualquer um
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian: tutt'e dui
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: ко́жен

Pronoun

 * 1) One or the other of two people or things.
 * 2)  Both, each of two or more.
 * 1)  Both, each of two or more.
 * 1)  Both, each of two or more.

Adverb

 * 1)  As well.

Usage notes
After a positive statement, is commonly used: “I like him, and I like her too.”

is sometimes used, especially in North American English, where would be more traditionally accurate: “I’m not hungry.” “Me either.”

Translations

 * Arabic:, كَذٰلِكَ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: heller
 * Dutch: ook (niet)
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: ach oiread
 * Italian:, ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: też nie
 * Portuguese: também não,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: та́кже не
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Welsh: chwaith

Conjunction

 * Either you eat your dinner or you go to your room.
 * You can have either potatoes or rice with that, but not both.
 * You can have either potatoes or rice with that, but not both.

Translations

 * Arabic: إِمَّا ... إِمَّا
 * Egyptian Arabic: اما ...أو, يا اما... يا
 * Belarusian: або́ ... або́, альбо́ ... альбо́, ці ... ці
 * Bulgarian: или ... или, нито ... нито
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 或者……或者……, 要麼……要麼……
 * Czech: buď ... nebo, buď ... anebo
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: antin
 * Finnish:, joko tai
 * French:, , soit ... ou
 * German:, entweder ... oder
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷
 * Greek: είτε ... είτε
 * Ancient: ἤτοι ... ἤ, εἴτε ... εἴτε
 * Hungarian: ......
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: …か…か
 * Konkani: एका...कि
 * Korean: ...든지 ...-든지, ...든 ...-든
 * Latin: aut ... aut
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: anten, enten
 * Old English: oþþe
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ... ..., ani ... ani...,
 * Portuguese: ou ... ou
 * Russian: и́ли ... и́ли, ли́бо ... ли́бо
 * Scots: ither
 * Scottish Gaelic: aon chuid, an dara cuid
 * Sicilian: o ... o, o...o puru
 * Slovak: ...alebo...
 * Spanish: o ... o, ya sea...o
 * Swedish: ...
 * Turkish: ya ... ya, ya ... ya da
 * Ukrainian: або́ ... або́
 * Vietnamese: hoặc … hoặc
 * Welsh: naill


 * Belarusian: любы́
 * Bulgarian:, един или друг
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 兩者之一
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: kumb
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Irish: ceachtar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: どちらか
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: anten
 * Pashto: لا,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, оди́н из двух, оди́н и́ли друго́й
 * Scots: ither
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian:

Etymology
From, a contraction of.

Determiner

 * 1) Both of two.
 * 2) Each of two.
 * 3) Either of two.

Pronoun

 * 1) Both of two members of a group.
 * 2) Each of two members of a group.
 * 3) Either of two members of a group.

Adjective

 * 1) Both, all, or any of a set.
 * 2) Each of a group.