alias

== 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/ Rhymes: -eɪliəs === Adverb === alias (not comparable) Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as. (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 ==== Synonyms ==== AKA ==== Coordinate terms ==== FKA, PKA ==== Translations ==== === Noun === alias (plural aliases) Another name; especially, an assumed name. Synonyms: (another name) synonym, poecilonym (rare), (assumed name) pseudonym Hyponyms: pen name, nom de plume; nom de guerre; nom de clavier, nom de Web, nom de voyage (law) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. (computing) An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks. (signal processing) An spurious signal generated as a technological artifact. ==== Synonyms ==== (another name): pseudonym ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === alias (third-person singular simple present aliases, present participle aliasing, simple past and past participle aliased) (computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one. (signal processing, of two signals, ambitransitive) To make or become indistinguishable. ==== Translations ==== === 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. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “alias”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Alais, asail == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin alias. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑliɑs/, [ˈɑ̝liɑ̝s̠] Rhymes: -ɑliɑs Syllabification(key): a‧li‧as Hyphenation(key): ali‧as === Interjection === alias alias, AKA (used to introduce an alternative name) Synonyms: see eli === Noun === alias alias ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “alias”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === 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/ === Adverb === alias alias === Noun === alias m (invariable) alias === Anagrams === salai == German == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin alias. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaːli̯as/ === Adverb === alias alias, also known as Synonyms: anders, eigentlich, benannt ==== Related terms ==== Alias === Further reading === “alias” in Duden online == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch alias, from Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈlias/ [aˈli.as] Rhymes: -as Syllabification: a‧li‧as === Adverb === alias alias === Noun === alias (plural alias-alias) alias another name; especially, an assumed name (computing) a name or string that can replace another name or string (statistics) two similar branches of statistical analysis === Further reading === “alias”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin alias. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.ljas/ Rhymes: -aljas Hyphenation: à‧lias === Adverb === alias alias === Noun === alias m (invariable) alias === References === === Anagrams === salai == Latin == === Etymology === Feminine adverbial accusative of alius or adverbial genitive from an older genitive feminine singular of the same. Compare perperam, bifāriam, and forās as well as pater familiās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.li.aːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.li.as] === Determiner === aliās accusative feminine plural of alius === Adverb === aliās (not comparable) (time) at a time other than the present; at another time, at other times, on another occasion, sometimes (place) at another place, elsewhere ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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[3], London: Macmillan and Co. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin aliās. First attested in the 19 century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.ljas/ Rhymes: -aljas Syllabification: a‧lias === Noun === alias m inan (computing) alias (abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks) ==== Declension ==== === Conjunction === alias (literary, with pseudonyms) AKA, alias Synonyms: aka, vel === References === === Further reading === alias in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN alias in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Verb === alias second-person singular present indicative of aliar == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin alias. === Adverb === alias alias == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin aliās. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaljas/ [ˈa.ljas] Rhymes: -aljas Syllabification: a‧lias === Adverb === alias also known as; alias === Noun === alias m (plural alias) alias Synonyms: sobrenombre, apodo, mote === Further reading === “alias”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === alias n an alias (name assumed, often to hide one's identity) ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === alias (not comparable) alias (not associated with law, but often somewhat jocular formality) === References === alias in Svensk ordbok (SO) alias in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) alias in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)