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English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /f??n(d)z/

Noun

friends

1. plural of friend

Noun

friends pl (plural only)

1. Participants in a two-way friendship relationship.

   I tried to be a friend to Jane but we never really made friends. She was never a friend to me.

   Jane and I made friends right away.

   We became friends in the war and remain friends to this day.

   We were friends with some girls from the other school and stayed friends with them.

Usage notes

• We usually make a friend, or make friends with someone. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Derived terms

• just friends
• more than friends

Translations

Verb

friends

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of friend

Anagrams

• finders, redfins, refinds

Spanish

Noun

friends m pl

1. plural of friend

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.