alias

English Online Dictionary. What means alias‎? What does alias mean?

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.
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; an assumed name.
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, transitive, intransitive) 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.
• “alias”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Alais, asail

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin alias.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑliɑs/, [ˈɑ̝liɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑliɑs
• Syllabification^(key): a‧li‧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

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

From alius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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)