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Definition 2024

otherwise or as an alternative
Go now, or else you'll have to stay all night
(idiomatic) no matter what (implies an unspecified threat)
Clean up your room, or else!

as an alternative

Arabic: بِطَرِيقَة أُخْرَى ‎(bi-ṭarīqa ʾuḵrā), وَإِلَّا ‎(wa-ʾillā)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 要不然 (zh) ‎(yàobùrán), 要不 (zh) ‎(yàobù), 不然 (zh) ‎(bùrán), 否則 (zh), 否则 (zh) ‎(fǒuzé)
Estonian: või muidu, vastasel juhul
Finnish: tai muuten
French: sinon (fr)
Georgian: თუარადა ‎(tuarada), თორემ ‎(torem)
German: sonst (de), anders (de), andernfalls (de)
Greek: ειδάλλως (el) ‎(eidállos)

Hebrew: אוֹ שֶׁ ‎(o she)
Icelandic: annars (is)
Japanese: そうでなければ ‎(sō dewa nakereba), 或いは (ja) ‎(あるいは, arui-wa), もしくは (ja) ‎(moshiku-wa), さもないと ‎(samonai-to)
Lithuanian: arba, nes kitaip
Norwegian: ellers, hvis ikke
Persian: وگرنه ‎(vagarna)
Portuguese: senão (pt), caso contrário
Russian: ина́че (ru) ‎(ináče), и́наче (ru) ‎(ínače), а то (ru) ‎(a to), а не то́ (ru) ‎(a ne tó) (also a threat), в проти́вном слу́чае ‎(v protívnom slúčaje)
Swedish: annars (sv), annars så...

no matter what