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See also: Alibi and álibi

English

Etymology

From the 18th century, from Latin alibī (elsewhere, at another place, adverb). Probably after French alibi, which has this use since the late 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.ə.baɪ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

alibi (plural alibis)

  1. (law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
    to set up an alibi
    to prove an alibi
    • 1988, Criminal Law Deskbook, →ISBN:
      Alibi is different from all of the other defenses . . . it is based upon the premise that the defendant is truly innocent.
  2. (sometimes proscribed) An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.
    • 1984, Jocelyn Brown, “Somebody Else's Guy”, in Somebody Else's Guy:
      That day in September, I'm sure you can remember / That's when all the stuff hit the fan (the stuff hit the fan) / You told me a lie, and you didn't have an alibi / But baby, yet I still cared

Usage notes

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

alibi (third-person singular simple present alibis or alibies, present participle alibiing, simple past and past participle alibied)

  1. (transitive) To provide an alibi for.
  2. (transitive) To provide an excuse for.

See also

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.liˌbi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ali‧bi

Noun

alibi n or m (plural alibi's, diminutive alibietje n)

  1. ]alibi

Descendants

  • Indonesian: alibi

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlibi/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑlibi
  • Syllabification(key): a‧li‧bi
  • Hyphenation(key): ali‧bi

Noun

alibi

  1. alibi

Declension

Inflection of alibi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative alibi alibit
genitive alibin alibien
partitive alibia alibeja
illative alibiin alibeihin
singular plural
nominative alibi alibit
accusative nom. alibi alibit
gen. alibin
genitive alibin alibien
partitive alibia alibeja
inessive alibissa alibeissa
elative alibista alibeista
illative alibiin alibeihin
adessive alibilla alibeilla
ablative alibilta alibeilta
allative alibille alibeille
essive alibina alibeina
translative alibiksi alibeiksi
abessive alibitta alibeitta
instructive alibein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of alibi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative alibini alibini
accusative nom. alibini alibini
gen. alibini
genitive alibini alibieni
partitive alibiani alibejani
inessive alibissani alibeissani
elative alibistani alibeistani
illative alibiini alibeihini
adessive alibillani alibeillani
ablative alibiltani alibeiltani
allative alibilleni alibeilleni
essive alibinani alibeinani
translative alibikseni alibeikseni
abessive alibittani alibeittani
instructive
comitative alibeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative alibisi alibisi
accusative nom. alibisi alibisi
gen. alibisi
genitive alibisi alibiesi
partitive alibiasi alibejasi
inessive alibissasi alibeissasi
elative alibistasi alibeistasi
illative alibiisi alibeihisi
adessive alibillasi alibeillasi
ablative alibiltasi alibeiltasi
allative alibillesi alibeillesi
essive alibinasi alibeinasi
translative alibiksesi alibeiksesi
abessive alibittasi alibeittasi
instructive
comitative alibeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative alibimme alibimme
accusative nom. alibimme alibimme
gen. alibimme
genitive alibimme alibiemme
partitive alibiamme alibejamme
inessive alibissamme alibeissamme
elative alibistamme alibeistamme
illative alibiimme alibeihimme
adessive alibillamme alibeillamme
ablative alibiltamme alibeiltamme
allative alibillemme alibeillemme
essive alibinamme alibeinamme
translative alibiksemme alibeiksemme
abessive alibittamme alibeittamme
instructive
comitative alibeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative alibinne alibinne
accusative nom. alibinne alibinne
gen. alibinne
genitive alibinne alibienne
partitive alibianne alibejanne
inessive alibissanne alibeissanne
elative alibistanne alibeistanne
illative alibiinne alibeihinne
adessive alibillanne alibeillanne
ablative alibiltanne alibeiltanne
allative alibillenne alibeillenne
essive alibinanne alibeinanne
translative alibiksenne alibeiksenne
abessive alibittanne alibeittanne
instructive
comitative alibeinenne

Further reading

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French alibi (14th c.), borrowed from Latin alibī.

Pronunciation

Noun

alibi m (plural alibis or (archaic) alibi)

  1. alibi

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Internationalism chiefly via German Alibi (alibi), from Latin alibī (elsewhere, at another place). First attested in 1839.

Pronunciation

Noun

alibi (plural alibik)

  1. alibi (plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed)
  2. alibi (excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame)
    Synonyms: kibúvó, mentség, ürügy

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative alibi alibik
accusative alibit alibiket
dative alibinek alibiknek
instrumental alibivel alibikkel
causal-final alibiért alibikért
translative alibivé alibikké
terminative alibiig alibikig
essive-formal alibiként alibikként
essive-modal
inessive alibiben alibikben
superessive alibin alibiken
adessive alibinél alibiknél
illative alibibe alibikbe
sublative alibire alibikre
allative alibihez alibikhez
elative alibiből alibikből
delative alibiről alibikről
ablative alibitől alibiktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular
alibié alibiké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
alibiéi alibikéi
Possessive forms of alibi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. alibim alibijeim(or alibiim)
2nd person sing. alibid alibijeid(or alibiid)
3rd person sing. alibije alibijei(or alibii)
1st person plural alibink alibijeink(or alibiink)
2nd person plural alibitek alibijeitek(or alibiitek)
3rd person plural alibijük alibijeik(or alibiik)

or

Possessive forms of alibi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. alibim alibijaim(or alibiim)
2nd person sing. alibid alibijaid(or alibiid)
3rd person sing. alibija alibijai(or alibii)
1st person plural alibink alibijaink(or alibiink)
2nd person plural alibitok alibijaitok(or alibiitok)
3rd person plural alibijuk alibijaik(or alibiik)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ alibi in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • alibi in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • alibi in Ferenc Pusztai, editor, Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (ÉKsz.2), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003 (online searchable version under development).
  • alibi in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Indonesian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch alibi, from Latin alibī (elsewhere, at another place).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ali‧bi

Noun

alibi (plural alibi-alibi)

  1. alibi:
    1. (law) the plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed
    2. (slang) excuse
      Synonym: alasan

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.li.bi/
  • Rhymes: -alibi
  • Hyphenation: à‧li‧bi

Noun

alibi m (invariable)

  1. alibi

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From alius (other, another) +‎ ibī.

Pronunciation

Adverb

alibī (not comparable)

  1. elsewhere, somewhere else

Descendants

References

  • alibi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • alibi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • alibi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alibī. First attested in 1802.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈli.bi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibi
  • Syllabification: a‧li‧bi

Noun

alibi n (indeclinable)

  1. (law) alibi (plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed)
  2. (literary) alibi (excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame)

Derived terms

Collocations

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alibi”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alibi”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ Gazeta Korrespondenta Warszawskiego y Zagranicznego (in Polish), number 74, 1802, page 944
  4. ^ alibi in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alibi.

Noun

alibi n (plural alibiuri)

  1. alibi

Declension

Declension of alibi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative alibi alibiul alibiuri alibiurile
genitive-dative alibi alibiului alibiuri alibiurilor
vocative alibiule alibiurilor

Rukai

Noun

alibi

  1. stone tiles of a roof

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

àlībi m (Cyrillic spelling а̀лӣби)

  1. alibi

Declension

Declension of alibi
singular plural
nominative alibi alibiji
genitive alibija alibija
dative alibiju alibijima
accusative alibi alibije
vocative alibi alibiji
locative alibiju alibijima
instrumental alibijem alibijima

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibī.

Pronunciation

Noun

alibi n

  1. alibi

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

alibi n

  1. (law) alibi
    Hon saknar alibi för mordnatten
    She has no alibi for the night of the murder
  2. (by extension) an alibi (excuse, more generally)

Declension

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