alias

See also: aliás and alías

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.li.əs/
    • Audio (RP)
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  • Rhymes: -eɪliəs

AdverbEdit

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
    Smith, alias Simpson.

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NounEdit

 
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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.

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VerbEdit

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
    • 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; 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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FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin alias.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑliɑs/, [ˈɑliɑs̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑliɑs
  • Syllabification: a‧li‧as

NounEdit

alias

  1. alias

DeclensionEdit

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
instructive — aliaksin
abessive aliaksetta aliaksitta
comitative — aliaksineen
Possessive forms of alias (type vastaus)
possessor singular plural
1st person aliakseni aliaksemme
2nd person aliaksesi aliaksenne
3rd person aliaksensa

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

alias

  1. alias

NounEdit

alias m (plural alias)

  1. alias

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

alias

  1. alias

NounEdit

alias m (plural alias)

  1. alias

ReferencesEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From alius.

AdverbEdit

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

Related termsEdit

Latin correlatives (edit)
type interrogative indefinite (medial)
demonstrative		 proximal
demonstrative		 distal
demonstrative		 relative indefinite
relative		 identity other
basic quis, quī quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus is, iste, istic hic ille, illic quī quisquis, quīcumque ipse, īdem alter, alius
dual uter alteruter, uterque uter utercumque
number quot aliquot tot quot quotquot, quotcumque totidem
order quotus totus quotus quotuscumque
quantity quam aliquam tam quam †quamquam †tamen, †tandem
size quantus aliquantus tantus quantus quantuscumque tantusdem
quality quālis aliquālis tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque
manner ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō ita, sic, eō/istō modō hōc modō illō modō ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque item, itidem aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method,
path,
place 		quā aliquā, quāque eā, istāc hāc illāc quā quāquā, quācumque eādem aliā
place ubi alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam ibi, istic hīc illīc ubi ubiubi, ubicumque ibidem alibī, aliās
source unde alicunde, undeunde inde, istinc hinc illinc unde undecumque indidem aliunde
destination quō, quōrsum aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum eō, istūc, °istōrsum hūc, °hōrsum illūc, °illōrsum quō quōquō, quōcumque eōdem aliō, aliorsum
time quandō quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam tum, tunc num, nunc ōlim cum, quandō cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque simul aliās
exact time quota hora ea/ista hora hac hora illa hora quota hora quotacumque hora eadem hora altera/alia hora
repetition quotiēns aliquotiēns totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque
multiplication quotuplex totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare

DescendantsEdit

  • Catalan: àlies
  • English: alias
  • Mozarabic:
    Arabic: أَلّاشْ‎ (allás)
    Hebrew: אללאּש‎ (allás)
  • Portuguese: aliás
  • Spanish: alias

AdjectiveEdit

aliās

  1. accusative feminine plural of alius

ReferencesEdit

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

PolishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Latin aliās.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

alias m inan

  1. (computing) alias (abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of alias
singular plural
nominative alias aliasy
genitive aliasu aliasów
dative aliasowi aliasom
accusative alias aliasy
instrumental aliasem aliasami
locative aliasie aliasach
vocative aliasie aliasy

ParticleEdit

alias

  1. (literary, with pseudonyms) AKA, alias
    Synonyms: aka, vel

Further readingEdit

  • alias in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • alias in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

alias

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

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin aliās.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaljas/, [ˈa.ljas]

AdverbEdit

alias

  1. also known as; alias

NounEdit

alias m (plural alias)

  1. alias
    Synonyms: sobrenombre, apodo, mote

Further readingEdit

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