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English

Etymology

From Latin alias (“at another time; (in the post-Augustan period) at another time or place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”), feminine accusative plural of alius (“other”). See else and alien.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?e?.li.?s/
• Rhymes: -e?li?s

Adverb

alias (not comparable)

1. Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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

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) to become indistinguishable

See also

• Origin of signal processing usage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• alias in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• alias in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Translations

Anagrams

• Alais, asail

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin alias.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??li?s/, [??li?s?]
• Rhymes: -?li?s
• Syllabification: a?li?as

Noun

alias

1. alias

Declension

Anagrams

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

French

Etymology

From Latin alias (“at another time; in post-Augustan period, at another time or place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”), feminine accusative plural of alius (“other”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

alias

1. alias

Noun

alias m (plural alias)

1. alias

Anagrams

• salai

Italian

Adverb

alias

1. alias

Noun

alias m (plural alias)

1. alias

Latin

Etymology

From alius.

Adverb

ali?s (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

• Catalan: àlies
• English: alias
• Mozarabic:

  Arabic: ???????? (allás)

  Hebrew: ??????? (allás)

• Portuguese: aliás
• Spanish: alias

Adjective

ali?s

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?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Portuguese

Verb

alias

1. second-person singular (tu) present indicative of aliar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ali?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?aljas/, [?a.ljas]

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.

English

Etymology

First attested in the 1580s. From Middle English accomplice, from a complice, from Old French complice (“confederate”), from Latin complicare (“fold together”). The article a became part of the word, through the influence of the word accomplish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?.?k?m.pl?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?k?m.pl?s/, /?.?k?m.pl?s/
• Hyphenation: ac?com?plice

Noun

accomplice (plural accomplices)

1. (law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
   • 1749, Samuel Johnson, Irene

     And thou, the curst accomplice of her treason, Declare thy message, and expect thy doom

   • suspected for accomplice to the fire

2. (rare) A cooperator.

Usage notes

• Followed by with or of before a person and by in or to (or sometimes of) before the crime; as, "A was an accomplice with B in the murder of C"; or, "D was an accomplice to murder".

Synonyms

• abettor, accessory, assistant, associate, confederate, coadjutor, ally, promoter; see abettor.

Translations