alibi
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”, adverb).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alibi (plural alibis)
- (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.
- 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
criminal legal defense
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excuse
VerbEdit
alibi (third-person singular simple present alibis or alibies, present participle alibiing, simple past and past participle alibied)
See alsoEdit
- Alibi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Defense (legal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Locked-room mystery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Perfect murder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alibi n or m (plural alibi's, diminutive alibietje n)
DescendantsEdit
- → Indonesian: alibi
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
alibi
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of alibi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 | — | alibeineen |
Possessive forms of alibi (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | alibini | alibimme |
2nd person | alibisi | alibinne |
3rd person | alibinsa |
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alibi m (plural alibis)
Further readingEdit
- “alibi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch alibi, from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alibi (first-person possessive alibiku, second-person possessive alibimu, third-person possessive alibinya)
Further readingEdit
- “alibi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alibi m (invariable)
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- aliubi (rare)
EtymologyEdit
From alius (“other, another”) + ibī.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
alibī (not comparable)
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
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alibi n
- (law) alibi (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)
- (literary) alibi (an excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame)
Derived termsEdit
nouns
Further readingEdit
- alibi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- alibi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
alibi n (plural alibiuri)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of alibi
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) alibi | alibiul | (niște) alibiuri | alibiurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) alibi | alibiului | (unor) alibiuri | alibiurilor |
vocative | alibiule | alibiurilor |
RukaiEdit
NounEdit
alibi
Serbo-CroatianEdit
NounEdit
àlībi m (Cyrillic spelling а̀лӣби)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of alibi
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alibi n
DeclensionEdit
Indeclinable.
Further readingEdit
- alibi in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk