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See also: Alias, aliás, and alías

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

alias (not comparable)

  1. Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. , volume III, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 168:
      Hitherto the commanding influence of Sir Robert Evelyn's character had sunk his own into insignificance—now he had no "rival near the throne," alias the bench of county magistrates.
    • 1845, Clergymen of the Church of England, editors, The Christian’s Monthly Magazine and Church of England Review, volume IV, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., pages 364–365:
      When indeed a Popish monarch may fill our throne, and the successor of St. Peter shall be the spiritual head of our Church; then shall your “esoterics,” alias “Church principles,” be in the ascendant in our Universities, and Who shall say that we may not have a Thorp lecturer in each of our Colleges, Neale and Webb scholarships, Regii professores supplying the places of those who shall now be superannuated, all teaching, and empowered to confer degrees in the, symbolism of mystical divinity:—the professor of music, not dealing as he now must, with crotchets and quavers, but in the far higher branches of the sacramentality of sounds, with their correspondent colours, instruments, bearing, &c. &c., and so of others?
  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
    Smith, alias Simpson.

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Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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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.

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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.
    • 1989, Ken C. Pohlmann, The compact disc: a handbook of theory and use, page 22:
      When the signal frequency reaches half the sampling frequency, there are only two samples per cycle, which is the absolute minimum needed to record a waveform. A higher frequency would cause the digitization system to alias.
    • 1999, Carlo Bartolozzi with Riccardo Lencioni, Liver malignancies: diagnostic and interventional radiology, page 59:
      Finally, as it is a frequency detection technique, color Doppler US has the potential to alias
    • 2005, James Bao-yen Tsui, Fundamentals of global positioning system receivers, page 106:
      This technique can be used to alias the L1 and L2 bands of the GPS into the baseband

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin alias.

Pronunciation

Interjection

alias

  1. alias, AKA (used to introduce an alternative name)
    Synonyms: see eli
    • 2020 September 22, Raila Kinnunen, “70 vuotta Kirkan syntymästä: 'Poismennyttä ihmistä voi ajatella ilolla – Lähtijällä on nyt hyvä olla, hänellä ei ole hätää, ei kipua eikä tuskaa'”, in Apu:
      Hautakiviä kaatui ja ihmiset talloivat hautoja. Kirill ja pikkuveli Georgij alias Ykä päättivät, että sama ei tapahdu enää ikinä.
      Headstones fell and people trampled on the graves. Kirill and his little brother Georgij alias Ykä decided that such a thing would never happen again.

Noun

alias

  1. alias

Declension

Inflection of alias (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative alias aliakset
genitive aliaksen aliasten
aliaksien
partitive aliasta aliaksia
illative aliakseen aliaksiin
singular plural
nominative alias aliakset
accusative nom. alias aliakset
gen. aliaksen
genitive aliaksen aliasten
aliaksien
partitive aliasta aliaksia
inessive aliaksessa aliaksissa
elative aliaksesta aliaksista
illative aliakseen aliaksiin
adessive aliaksella aliaksilla
ablative aliakselta aliaksilta
allative aliakselle aliaksille
essive aliaksena aliaksina
translative aliakseksi aliaksiksi
abessive aliaksetta aliaksitta
instructive aliaksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of alias (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative aliakseni aliakseni
accusative nom. aliakseni aliakseni
gen. aliakseni
genitive aliakseni aliasteni
aliaksieni
partitive aliastani aliaksiani
inessive aliaksessani aliaksissani
elative aliaksestani aliaksistani
illative aliakseeni aliaksiini
adessive aliaksellani aliaksillani
ablative aliakseltani aliaksiltani
allative aliakselleni aliaksilleni
essive aliaksenani aliaksinani
translative aliaksekseni aliaksikseni
abessive aliaksettani aliaksittani
instructive
comitative aliaksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative aliaksesi aliaksesi
accusative nom. aliaksesi aliaksesi
gen. aliaksesi
genitive aliaksesi aliastesi
aliaksiesi
partitive aliastasi aliaksiasi
inessive aliaksessasi aliaksissasi
elative aliaksestasi aliaksistasi
illative aliakseesi aliaksiisi
adessive aliaksellasi aliaksillasi
ablative aliakseltasi aliaksiltasi
allative aliaksellesi aliaksillesi
essive aliaksenasi aliaksinasi
translative aliakseksesi aliaksiksesi
abessive aliaksettasi aliaksittasi
instructive
comitative aliaksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative aliaksemme aliaksemme
accusative nom. aliaksemme aliaksemme
gen. aliaksemme
genitive aliaksemme aliastemme
aliaksiemme
partitive aliastamme aliaksiamme
inessive aliaksessamme aliaksissamme
elative aliaksestamme aliaksistamme
illative aliakseemme aliaksiimme
adessive aliaksellamme aliaksillamme
ablative aliakseltamme aliaksiltamme
allative aliaksellemme aliaksillemme
essive aliaksenamme aliaksinamme
translative aliakseksemme aliaksiksemme
abessive aliaksettamme aliaksittamme
instructive
comitative aliaksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative aliaksenne aliaksenne
accusative nom. aliaksenne aliaksenne
gen. aliaksenne
genitive aliaksenne aliastenne
aliaksienne
partitive aliastanne aliaksianne
inessive aliaksessanne aliaksissanne
elative aliaksestanne aliaksistanne
illative aliakseenne aliaksiinne
adessive aliaksellanne aliaksillanne
ablative aliakseltanne aliaksiltanne
allative aliaksellenne aliaksillenne
essive aliaksenanne aliaksinanne
translative aliakseksenne aliaksiksenne
abessive aliaksettanne aliaksittanne
instructive
comitative aliaksinenne

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

alias

  1. alias

Noun

alias m (plural alias)

  1. alias

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German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alias.

Pronunciation

Adverb

alias

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

Further reading

  • alias” in Duden online

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin alias.

Pronunciation

Adverb

alias

  1. alias

Noun

alias m (invariable)

  1. alias

References

  1. ^ alias in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Latin

Etymology

From alius.

Pronunciation

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

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be inattentive: alias res or aliud agere
    • (ambiguous) more of this another time: sed de hoc alias pluribus

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aliās.[1] First attested in the 19 century.[1]

Pronunciation

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alias”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

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/
  • 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

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)
    Nisse alias Nisse med kniven
    Nisse alias Nisse with-the-knife

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