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5-letter words (2 found)

ALIBI,BIALI,

4-letter words (2 found)

BAIL,ILIA,

3-letter words (5 found)

AIL,ALB,BAL,LAB,LIB,

2-letter words (7 found)

AB,AI,AL,BA,BI,LA,LI,

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All 5 letters words made out of alibi

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Definitions and meaning of alibi

alibi

Etymology

18th century, from Latin alibī (elsewhere, at another place, adverb). Probably after French alibi, which has this use since the late 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.ə.baɪ/

Noun

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.
  2. (sometimes proscribed) An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.

Usage notes

  • A very good alibi might be described e.g. as perfect, watertight, airtight, solid or iron-clad.
  • Some argue "alibi" should not be used colloquially to mean "an explanation or excuse to avoid blame or justify action," since this sense is unrelated to the word's original meaning of "elsewhere."

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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 also

  • Alibi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Defense (legal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Locked-room mystery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Perfect murder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • baili

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibī.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. alibi

Descendants

  • Indonesian: alibi

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alibi

  1. alibi

Declension

Further reading

  • alibi”, 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

French

Etymology

From Middle French alibi (14th c.), borrowed from Latin alibī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.li.bi/

Noun

alibi m (plural alibis or (archaic) alibi)

  1. alibi

Further reading

  • “alibi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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 reading

  • “alibi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alibi m (invariable)

  1. alibi

Anagrams

  • Libia, abili, bilia

Latin

Alternative forms

  • aliubi (rare)

Etymology

From alius (other, another) +‎ ibī.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.biː/, [ˈälʲɪbiː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.bi/, [ˈäːlibi]

Adverb

alibī (not comparable)

  1. elsewhere, somewhere else

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • 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.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alibī. First attested in 1802.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alibi n (indeclinable)

  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 terms

Collocations

References

Further reading

  • alibi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • alibi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alibi”, in Słownik języka polskiego[3] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 24

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alibi.

Noun

alibi n (plural alibiuri)

  1. alibi

Declension

Rukai

Noun

alibi

  1. stone tiles of a roof

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

àlībi m (Cyrillic spelling а̀лӣби)

  1. alibi

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalibi/

Noun

alibi n

  1. alibi

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading

  • “alibi”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Noun

alibi n

  1. (law) an alibi
  2. (by extension) an alibi (excuse, more generally)

Declension

References

  • alibi in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • alibi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • alibi in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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