alias

alias

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English

Etymology

From Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). See else and alien.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.li.əs/
  • Rhymes: -eɪliəs

Adverb

alias (not comparable)

  1. Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
  2. (law) Used to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful

Synonyms

  • AKA

Coordinate terms

  • FKA, PKA

Translations

Noun

alias (plural aliases)

  1. Another name; especially, an assumed name.
    Synonyms: (another name) synonym, poecilonym (rare), (assumed name) pseudonym
    Hyponyms: pen name, nom de plume; nom de guerre; nom de clavier, nom de Web, nom de voyage
  2. (law) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
  3. (computing) An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
  4. (signal processing) An spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.

Synonyms

  • (another name): pseudonym

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

alias (third-person singular simple present aliases, present participle aliasing, simple past and past participle aliased)

  1. (computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
  2. (signal processing, of two signals, ambitransitive) To make or become indistinguishable.

Translations

See also

  • Origin of signal processing usage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

  • “alias”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “alias”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Alais, asail

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin alias.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑliɑs/, [ˈɑ̝liɑ̝s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑliɑs
  • Hyphenation(key): ali‧as

Interjection

alias

  1. alias, AKA (used to introduce an alternative name)
    Synonyms: see eli

Noun

alias

  1. alias

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “alias”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • Alisa, Saila, laasi, lasia, saali, salia, silaa

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aliās (“at another time; elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ljas/

Adverb

alias

  1. alias

Noun

alias m (plural alias)

  1. alias

Anagrams

  • salai

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alias.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːli̯as/

Adverb

alias

  1. alias, also known as
    Synonyms: anders, eigentlich, benannt

Related terms

  • Alias

Further reading

  • “alias” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch alias, from Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈlias/ [aˈli.as]
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: a‧li‧as

Adverb

alias

  1. alias

Noun

alias (plural alias-alias)

  1. alias
    1. another name; especially, an assumed name
    2. (computing) a name or string that can replace another name or string
  2. (statistics) two similar branches of statistical analysis

Further reading

  • “alias” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin alias.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ljas/
  • Rhymes: -aljas
  • Hyphenation: à‧lias

Adverb

alias

  1. alias

Noun

alias m (invariable)

  1. alias

References

Anagrams

  • salai

Latin

Etymology

Feminine adverbial accusative of alius or adverbial genitive from an older genitive feminine singular of the same. Compare perperam, bifāriam, and forās as well as pater familiās.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.aːs/, [ˈälʲiäːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.as/, [ˈäːliäs]

Adverb

aliās (not comparable)

  1. (time) at a time other than the present; at another time, at other times, on another occasion, sometimes
  2. (place) at another place, elsewhere

Related terms

Descendants

Adjective

aliās

  1. accusative feminine plural of alius

References

  • “alias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “alias”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • alias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aliās. First attested in the 19 century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ljas/
  • Rhymes: -aljas
  • Syllabification: a‧lias

Noun

alias m inan

  1. (computing) alias (abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks)

Declension

Conjunction

alias

  1. (literary, with pseudonyms) AKA, alias
    Synonyms: aka, vel

References

Further reading

  • alias in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • alias in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

alias

  1. second-person singular present indicative of aliar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alias.

Adverb

alias

  1. alias

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aliās.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaljas/ [ˈa.ljas]
  • Rhymes: -aljas
  • Syllabification: a‧lias

Adverb

alias

  1. also known as; alias

Noun

alias m (plural alias)

  1. alias
    Synonyms: sobrenombre, apodo, mote

Further reading

  • “alias”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

alias n

  1. an alias (name assumed, often to hide one's identity)

Declension

Adverb

alias (not comparable)

  1. alias (not associated with law, but often somewhat jocular formality)

References

  • alias in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • alias in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • alias in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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