# alias
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈeɪ.li.əs/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪliəs

### Adverb

alias (not comparable)
* Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
** 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?
* (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
### 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

* aliasable
* alias summons
* antialias
* unalias

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § 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.
** 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 with 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
### 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: /ˈɑliɑs/, [ˈɑ̝liɑ̝s̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑliɑs
* Hyphenation: ali‧as

### Interjection

alias
* alias, AKA (used to introduce an alternative name)
    Synonyms: see eli
** 2020 September 22, Raila Kinnunen, “70 vuotta Kirkan syntymästä: 'Poismennyttä ihmistä voi ajatella ilolla – Lähtijällä on nyt hyvä olla, hänellä ei ole hätää, ei kipua eikä tuskaa'”, in Apu‎:Hautakiviä kaatui ja ihmiset talloivat hautoja. Kirill ja pikkuveli Georgij alias Ykä päättivät, että sama ei tapahdu enää ikinä.Headstones fell and people trampled on the graves. Kirill and his little brother Georgij alias Ykä decided that such a thing would never happen again.

### Noun

alias
* alias

#### Declension

Possessive forms of alias (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
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
abessive
aliaksettani
aliaksittani
instructive
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
abessive
aliaksettasi
aliaksittasi
instructive
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
abessive
aliaksettamme
aliaksittamme
instructive
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
abessive
aliaksettanne
aliaksittanne
instructive
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
abessive
aliaksettaan aliaksettansa
aliaksittaan aliaksittansa
instructive
comitative
—aliaksineen aliaksinensa :

#### Derived terms

* aliasoida

### Further reading

* “alias”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### 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: /a.ljas/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

alias
* alias

### Noun

alias m (plural alias)
* alias

### Anagrams

* salai

## German
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alias.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːli̯as/
* Audio:(file)

### 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: /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, 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: /ˈa.ljas/
* Rhymes: -aljas
* Hyphenation: à‧lias

### Adverb

alias
* alias

### Noun

alias m (invariable)
* alias

### References

* ↑ alias in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### 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: /ˈa.li.aːs/, [ˈälʲiäːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.li.as/, [ˈäːliäs]

### 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

| type | demonstrative | demonstrative | demonstrative | anaphoric | identity | interrogative/ relative | indefinite | indefinite | indefinite | indefinite | indefinite | negative | other |
| type | proximal | medial | distal | anaphoric | identity | interrogative/ relative | relative | indefinite | free choice | universal | negative polarity | negative | other |
| basic | hic | iste, istic | ille, illic | is | ipse, īdem | quis/quī | quisquis, quīcumque | quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam | quīvis, quīlibet | quisque | quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam | nēmō, nihil, nūllus | alius |
| dual | | | | | | uter | utercumque | alteruter | utervīs, uterlibet | uterque | | neuter | alter |
| place | hīc | istīc | illīc | ibī̆ | ibī̆dem | ubī̆ | ubiubi, ubī̆cumque | alicubī, uspiam | ubivīs, ubilibet | ubīque | usquam | nusquam, nūllibī | alibī, aliās |
| source | hinc | istinc | illinc | inde | indidem | unde | undecumque, undeunde | alicunde | °undelibet | undique | | | aliunde |
| destination | hūc, °hōrsum | istūc, °istōrsum | illūc, °illōrsum | eō | eōdem | quō, quōrsum | quōquō, quōcumque | aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum | quōvīs, quōlibet | | quōquam | nusquam, nūllōrsum | aliō, aliōrsum |
| method, means, path, place | hāc | istāc | illāc | eā | eādem | quā | quāquā, quācumque | aliquā | quāvīs, quālibet | quāque | | nēquāquam, haudquāquam | aliā |
| manner | hōc modō | istō modō | illō modō | ita, sīc, eō modō | item, itidem | ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum | utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque | quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō | quōmodolibet | utīque | ūllō modō | nūllō modō | aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō |
| time | num, nunc | | ōlim | tum, tunc | simul | quandō, ‡cum | cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque | quondam, aliquandō | quandōlibet | quandōque | umquam | numquam | aliās |
| quantity | | | | tam | †tamen, †tandem | quam | †quamquam | aliquam | quamvīs, quamlibet | | | | |
| size | | | | tantus | tantusdem | quantus | quantuscumque | aliquantus | quantusvīs, quantuslibet | | | | |
| quality | | | | tālis | | quālis | quālis, quāliscumque | aliquālis | quālislibet | | | | |
| number | | | | tot | totidem | quot | quotquot, quotcumque | aliquot | quotlibet | | | | |
| order | | | | totus | | quotus | quotuscumque | aliquotus | quotuslibet | | | | |
| repetition | | | | totiēns | | quotiēns | quotiēnscumque | aliquotiēns | quotiēnslibet | | | | |
| multiplication | | | | totuplex | | quotuplex | | | | | | | |
| † Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative ||||||||||||||

#### Descendants

* Catalan: àlies
* → English: alias
* French: alias
* → German: alias
* Italian: alias
* Portuguese: aliás
* Romanian: alias
* Spanish: alias
* → Swedish: alias

### Adjective

aliās
* 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, 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: /ˈa.ljas/
* Audio:(file)
* 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

* 1 2 Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alias”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

### 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: /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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## 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)
    Nisse alias Nisse med knivenNisse alias Nisse with-the-knife

### References

* alias in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* alias in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* alias in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)