alias

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.li.əs/

  • Audio (RP)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪliəs

Adverb

alias (not comparable)

1. Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• AKA

Coordinate terms

• FKA, PKA

Translations

adverb

• French: alias (fr)
• Polish: alias (pl)

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

Derived terms

• alias summons
• anti-alias

 

Translations

another name; an assumed name

• Azerbaijani: ləqəb
• Bashkir: ҡушамат (quşamat)
• Basque: ezizen (eu), goitizen (eu)
• Bulgarian: псевдоним (bg) m (psevdonim), прозвище (bg) n (prozvište)
• Catalan: àlies (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 別名／别名 (zh) (biémíng), 化名 (zh) (huàmíng)

• Esperanto: alinomo
• Finnish: alias (fi)
• French: pseudonyme (fr) m
• German: Pseudonym (de) n, Deckname (de) m
• Greek: ψευδώνυμο (el) n (psevdónymo)
• Ido: pseudonimo (io), alias (io)
• Indonesian: alias (id)
• Irish: ainm bréige m, ailias (computing)
• Japanese: 仮名 (ja) (かめい, kamei), 偽名 (ja) (ぎめい, gimei), 異名 (ja) (いみょう, imyō), 雅号 (ja) (がごう, gagō), 別名 (ja) (べつめい, betsumei) (about references in programming)
• Korean: 가명 (ko) (gamyeong)
• Middle English: surname, surnoun
• Oriya: ଓରଫ୍ (orôph)
• Polish: alias (pl) m
• Portuguese: pseudónimo (pt) m (Portugal), pseudônimo (pt) m (Brazil), cognome (pt) m
• Russian: псевдони́м (ru) m (psevdoním), про́звище (ru) n (prózvišče), кли́чка (ru) f (klíčka), вы́мышленное и́мя n (výmyšlennoje ímja)
• Spanish: alias (es) m, seudónimo (es) m, sobrenombre (es) m, apodo (es) m
• Swedish: alias (sv), pseudonym (sv) c, öknamn (sv) n, tillnamn (sv) n
• Welsh: enw arall m, alias (cy) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} pseudonyme (fr) m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} pseudonimo (it) m
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} pseudonim (ro) n

abbreviation that replaces a string of commands (computing)

• Esperanto: kromnomo
• Spanish: alias (es) m

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
   • 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

Translations

to assign an additional name to an entity

• Esperanto: sinonimi, alinomi, kromnomi
• Finnish: aliasoida

See also

• Origin of signal processing usage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “alias”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “alias”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Alais, asail

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin alias.

Pronunciation

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

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
instructive		—	aliaksin
abessive		aliaksetta	aliaksitta
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of alias (type vastaus)

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 instructive — — abessive aliaksettani aliaksittani 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 instructive — — abessive aliaksettasi aliaksittasi 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 instructive — — abessive aliaksettamme aliaksittamme 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 instructive — — abessive aliaksettanne aliaksittanne comitative — aliaksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative aliaksensa aliaksensa accusative nom. aliaksensa aliaksensa gen. aliaksensa genitive aliaksensa aliastensa aliaksiensa partitive aliastaan aliastansa aliaksiaan aliaksiansa inessive aliaksessaan aliaksessansa aliaksissaan aliaksissansa elative aliaksestaan aliaksestansa aliaksistaan aliaksistansa illative aliakseensa aliaksiinsa adessive aliaksellaan aliaksellansa aliaksillaan aliaksillansa ablative aliakseltaan aliakseltansa aliaksiltaan aliaksiltansa allative aliakselleen aliaksellensa aliaksilleen aliaksillensa essive aliaksenaan aliaksenansa aliaksinaan aliaksinansa translative aliaksekseen aliakseksensa aliaksikseen aliaksiksensa instructive — — abessive aliaksettaan aliaksettansa aliaksittaan aliaksittansa comitative — aliaksineen aliaksinensa

Anagrams

• Alisa, Saila, laasi, lasia, saali, salia, silaa

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ljas/

• Audio

  (file)

Adverb

alias

1. alias

Noun

alias m (plural alias)

1. alias

Anagrams

• salai

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin alias.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ljas/
• Rhymes: -aljas
• Hyphenation: à‧lias

Adverb

alias

1. alias

Noun

alias m (invariable)

1. alias

Anagrams

• salai

Latin

Etymology

From alius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.aːs/, [ˈälʲiäːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.as/, [ˈäːliäs]

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

Related terms

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 hōra		ea/ista hōra	hac hōra	illa hōra	quota hōra	quotacumque hōra	eadem hōra	altera/alia hōra
repetition	quotiēns	aliquotiēns	totiēns			quotiēns	quotiēnscumque
multiplication	quotuplex		totuplex			quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare

Descendants

• Catalan: àlies
• English: alias
• Portuguese: aliás
• Spanish: alias

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^[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
    

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ljas/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aljas
• Syllabification: a‧lias

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

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

Conjunction

alias

1. (literary, with pseudonyms) AKA, alias

   Synonyms: aka, vel

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

From Latin alias.

Adverb

alias

1. alias

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aliās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaljas/ [ˈa.ljas]
• 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

• “alias”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014