See also: Alibi and álibi

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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.

Usage notesEdit

  • A very good alibi might be described e.g. as perfect, watertight, airtight, solid or iron-clad.
  • Some argue this cannot be used in the non-legal sense of "an explanation or excuse to avoid blame or justify action."

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. To provide an alibi for.
  2. To provide an excuse for.

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin alibī.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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

  1. alibi

DescendantsEdit

  • Indonesian: alibi

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin alibi.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlibi/, [ˈɑ̝libi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlibi
  • Syllabification(key): a‧li‧bi

NounEdit

alibi

  1. alibi

DeclensionEdit

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
instructive alibein
abessive alibitta alibeitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of alibi (type risti)
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
instructive
abessive alibittani alibeittani
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
instructive
abessive alibittasi alibeittasi
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
instructive
abessive alibittamme alibeittamme
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
instructive
abessive alibittanne alibeittanne
comitative alibeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative alibinsa alibinsa
accusative nom. alibinsa alibinsa
gen. alibinsa
genitive alibinsa alibiensa
partitive alibiaan
alibiansa
alibejaan
alibejansa
inessive alibissaan
alibissansa
alibeissaan
alibeissansa
elative alibistaan
alibistansa
alibeistaan
alibeistansa
illative alibiinsa alibeihinsa
adessive alibillaan
alibillansa
alibeillaan
alibeillansa
ablative alibiltaan
alibiltansa
alibeiltaan
alibeiltansa
allative alibilleen
alibillensa
alibeilleen
alibeillensa
essive alibinaan
alibinansa
alibeinaan
alibeinansa
translative alibikseen
alibiksensa
alibeikseen
alibeiksensa
instructive
abessive alibittaan
alibittansa
alibeittaan
alibeittansa
comitative alibeineen
alibeinensa

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin alibi.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

alibi m (plural alibis)

  1. alibi

Further readingEdit

IndonesianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈali.bi]
  • Hyphenation: ali‧bi

NounEdit

alibi (first-person possessive alibiku, second-person possessive alibimu, third-person possessive alibinya)

  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 readingEdit

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin alibi.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

alibi m (invariable)

  1. alibi

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From alius (other, another) + ibī.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

alibī (not comparable)

  1. elsewhere, somewhere else

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin alibī.[1][2] First attested in 1802.[3][4]

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

alibi n

  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 termsEdit

nouns

CollocationsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) 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[1], issue 74, 1802, page 944
  4. ^ alibi in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
  • Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎[2], Wydawnictwo PWN

Further readingEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French alibi.

NounEdit

alibi n (plural alibiuri)

  1. alibi

DeclensionEdit

RukaiEdit

NounEdit

alibi

  1. stone tiles of a roof

Serbo-CroatianEdit

NounEdit

àlībi m (Cyrillic spelling а̀лӣби)

  1. alibi

DeclensionEdit

SlovakEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin alibī.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

alibi n

  1. alibi

DeclensionEdit

Indeclinable.

Further readingEdit

  • alibi in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk