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sinon

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See also: si non and s-inon

French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /si.nɔ̃/
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Conjunction

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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

Adverb

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sinon

  1. (colloquial, proscribed) also; additionally; furthermore; anyway
    Synonyms: d'ailleurs, d'autre part
    • 2017 March 2, Académie française, Sinon au sens de Par ailleurs, d’autre part[1]:
      On ne dira donc pas, ce que l’on entend hélas trop souvent, il a un bel appartement à Paris, sinon il a aussi une maison en Vendée ; toute sa famille va bien, et, sinon, sa sœur vient de se marier.
      We will not say then, what we, alas, hear too often: he has a beautiful appartment in Paris, he also has a house in the Vendée too; his whole family is well, and, what's more, his sister just got married.

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Anagrams

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Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French sinon.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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sinon

  1. otherwise
  2. besides
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Spanish

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Conjunction

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sinon

  1. Obsolete spelling of sino.