Ou (en. Or)

/u/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

conjunction

Indicates a choice between two elements.

Do you want tea or coffee?

Tu veux du thé ou du café ?

Used to ask a question about a place.

Where are you going?

Où est-ce que tu vas ?

Introduces an alternative proposition.

I will take the train, or I will leave tomorrow.

Je prendrai le train, ou je partirai demain.

Comes from the Latin 'aut', meaning 'or'.

where is that?

Indicates a request for location.

où ça ?

or else

Used to present another option.

ou alors

where are you?

Informal way to ask someone's location.

t'es où ?

or else

Expression to indicate an alternative.

ou bien

neither

New conjunction expressing a joint negation.

Used informally to mean 'where' in reference to a place.

Where is that?

C'est où, ça ?

Refers to an alternative in a friendly context.

Are we getting pizza or what?

On se fait une pizza ou quoi ?