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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.

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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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /n?k/
• Homophone: Nick
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Late Middle English nik (“notch, tally; nock of an arrow”). Its further etymology is unknown; a connection with nock (“notch in a bow to hold the bowstring; notch at the rear of an arrow that fits the bowstring; cleft in the buttocks”) has not been clearly established.

The verb appears to be derived from the noun, though the available evidence shows that some of the verb senses predate the noun senses. No connection with words in Germanic languages such as Danish nikke (“to nod”), Middle Dutch nicken (“to bend; to bow”) (modern Dutch knikken (“to nod”)), Middle Low German nicken (“to bend over; to sink”), Middle High German nicken (“to bend; to depress”) (modern German nicken (“to nod”)), Middle Low German knicken (“to bend; to snap”) (modern German knicken (“to bend; to break”), Old Frisian hnekka (“to nod”), and Swedish nicka (“to nod”), has been clearly established.

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

1. A small cut in a surface.
   1. (now rare) A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
   2. (printing, dated) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
2. Senses connoting something small.
   1. (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
   2. (genetics) One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
   3. (real tennis, squash (sport), racquetball) The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
3. (Britain, New Zealand, slang) Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
4. (Britain, law enforcement, slang) A police station or prison.

Derived terms

• in the nick of time

Translations

Verb

nick (third-person singular simple present nicks, present participle nicking, simple past and past participle nicked)

1. (transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
   1. (transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
   2. (transitive, rare) To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).
2. (transitive, obsolete) To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
   1. (transitive) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
   2. (transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection.
   3. (transitive, gaming) To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.
3. (transitive, mining) To make a cut at the side of the face.
4. (transitive, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To steal.
5. (transitive, Britain, law enforcement, slang) To arrest.

Derived terms

• nicker
• nicking (noun)

Translations

Etymology 2

From nick(name).

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

1. (Internet) Clipping of nickname.

Verb

nick (third-person singular simple present nicks, present participle nicking, simple past and past participle nicked)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.

Etymology 3

A variant of nix or nixie.

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

1. (archaic) A nix or nixie (“water spirit”).

References

Further reading

• nick (DNA) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• nick (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CKIN

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Verb

nick

1. singular imperative of nicken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of nicken

Kashubian

Pronoun

nick

1. nothing

Polish

Etymology

From English nick(name).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ik/

Noun

nick m inan

1. (Internet) nickname (familiar, invented given name)

Declension

Further reading

• nick in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• nick in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nick c

1. nod (movement of the head to indicate agreement)
2. header (in football)

Declension

Synonyms

• (header):: nickning c
• (nod):: nickning c

Derived terms

• nickedocka
• nicka
• nicka till

Etymology 2

From the English nickname

Noun

nick n

1. (slang) nick, nickname

Declension