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Is alias a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word alias is a Scrabble US word. The word alias is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is alias a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word alias is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

ALIAS,

4-letter words (7 found)

AALS,AIAS,AILS,ALAS,LIAS,SAIL,SIAL,

3-letter words (11 found)

AAL,AAS,AIA,AIL,AIS,ALA,ALS,LAS,LIS,SAI,SAL,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AI,AL,AS,IS,LA,LI,SI,

You can make 27 words from alias according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of alias

alias laias ailas ialas liaas ilaas alais laais aalis aalis laais alais aials iaals aails aails iaals aials liaas ilaas laias alias ialas ailas alisa laisa ailsa ialsa liasa ilasa alsia lasia aslia salia lsaia slaia aisla iasla asila saila isala siala lisaa ilsaa lsiaa sliaa islaa silaa alasi laasi aalsi aalsi laasi alasi alsai lasai aslai salai lsaai slaai aasli aasli asali saali asali saali lasai alsai lsaai slaai aslai salai aiasl iaasl aaisl aaisl iaasl aiasl aisal iasal asial saial isaal siaal aasil aasil asail saail asail saail iasal aisal isaal siaal asial saial liasa ilasa laisa alisa ialsa ailsa lisaa ilsaa lsiaa sliaa islaa silaa lasia alsia lsaia slaia aslia salia iasla aisla isala siala asila saila

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Definitions and meaning of alias

alias

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)

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

Synonyms

  • AKA

Coordinate terms

  • FKA, PKA

Translations

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

Translations

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, transitive, intransitive) 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.
  • “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

Interjection

alias

  1. alias, AKA (used to introduce an alternative name)
    Synonyms: see eli

Noun

alias

  1. 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 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(key): /a.ljas/

Adverb

alias

  1. alias

Noun

alias m (plural alias)

  1. alias

Anagrams

  • salai

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alias.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːli̯as/

Adverb

alias

  1. alias, also known as
    Synonyms: anders, eigentlich, benannt

Related terms

  • Alias

Further reading

  • “alias” in Duden online

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

References

Anagrams

  • salai

Latin

Etymology

From alius.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.aːs/, [ˈälʲiäːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate 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

Descendants

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[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

  1. (computing) alias (abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks)

Declension

Conjunction

alias

  1. (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

  1. second-person singular present indicative of aliar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Swedish

Noun

alias n

  1. an alias (name assumed, often to hide one's identity)

Declension

Adverb

alias (not comparable)

  1. 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)

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