sinon

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See also: si non and s-inon

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Contraction of Middle French si non. Compare Catalan sinó, Portuguese senão.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /si.nɔ̃/
  • (file)

Conjunction[edit]

sinon

  1. except, apart from
    Je ne sais pas grand-chose, sinon que je t’aime.
    I don't know much, except that I love you.
  2. if not
    Même si je perdais la plupart de mes livres, il m’en resterait au moins une centaine, sinon plus.
    Even if I lost most of my books, I would still have at least a hundred, if not more.
  3. otherwise, or else

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Mauritian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French sinon.

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

sinon

  1. otherwise
  2. besides

Related terms[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

sinon

  1. Obsolete spelling of sino