alibi
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the 18th century, from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”, adverb). Probably after French alibi, which has this use since the late 14th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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.
- (sometimes proscribed) An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.
Usage notes
[edit]- 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
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Verb
[edit]alibi (third-person singular simple present alibis or alibies, present participle alibiing, simple past and past participle alibied)
See also
[edit]Alibi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Defense (legal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Locked-room mystery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Perfect murder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alibi n or m (plural alibi's, diminutive alibietje n)
- alibi
Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: alibi
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alibi
- alibi
Declension
[edit]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 | |
abessive | alibitta | alibeitta | |
instructive | — | alibein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French alibi (14th c.), borrowed from Latin alibī.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alibi m (plural alibis or (archaic) alibi)
Further reading
[edit]- “alibi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch alibi, from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alibi (first-person possessive alibiku, second-person possessive alibimu, third-person possessive alibinya)
Further reading
[edit]- “alibi” 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alibi m (invariable)
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From alius (“other, another”) + ibī.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.biː/, [ˈälʲɪbiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.bi/, [ˈäːlibi]
Adverb
[edit]alibī (not comparable)
Related terms
[edit]type | demonstrative | anaphoric | identity | interrogative/ relative |
indefinite | negative | other | ||||||
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proximal | medial | distal | relative | indefinite | universal | free choice | negative polarity | ||||||
basic | hic | iste, istic | ille, illic | is | ipse, īdem | quis/quī | quisquis, quīcumque | quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam | quisque | quīvis, quīlibet | quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam | nēmō, nihil, nūllus | alius |
dual | uter | utercumque | alteruter | uterque | utervīs, uterlibet | neuter | alter | ||||||
place | hīc | istīc | illīc | ibī̆ | ibī̆dem | ubī̆ | ubiubi, ubī̆cumque | alicubī, uspiam | ubīque | ubivīs, ubilibet | usquam | nusquam, nūllibī | alibī, aliās |
source | hinc | istinc | illinc | inde | indidem | unde | undecumque, undeunde | alicunde | undique | °undelibet | 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 | quāque | quāvīs, quālibet | 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 | utique | quōmodolibet | ūllō modō | nūllō modō | aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō |
time | num, nunc | ōlim | tum, tunc | simul | quandō, ‡cum | cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque | quondam, aliquandō | quandōque | quandōlibet | 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
[edit]References
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin alibī.[1][2] First attested in 1802.[3][4]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alibi n (indeclinable)
- (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)
- (literary) alibi (excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame)
Derived terms
[edit]Collocations
[edit]- wygodne alibi ― a convenient alibi
- niezbite alibi ― an irrefutable alibi
- żelazne alibi ― an iron-clad/cast-iron alibi
- swoiste alibi ― a peculiar alibi
- stuprocentowe alibi ― an airtight alibi
- murowane alibi ― a rock-solid alibi
- wiarygodne alibi ― a credible alibi
- mocne alibi ― a strong alibi
- fałszywe alibi ― a false/fake alibi
- doskonałe alibi ― a perfect alibi
- świetne alibi ― a great alibi
- moralne alibi ― a moral alibi
- kiepskie alibi ― a lousy/flimsy alibi
- dobre alibi ― a good alibi
- znakomite alibi ― a great alibi
- sensowne alibi ― a sensible/logical alibi
- polityczne alibi ― a political alibi
- alibi oskarżonego/oskarżonej ― the accused's alibi
- mieć alibi ― to have alibi
- zapewnić/dostarczać/dostarczyć/podać alibi ― to provide an alibi
- szukać alibi ― to look for an alibi
- sprawdzać/sprawdzić alibi ― to verify/check an alibi
- stanowić alibi ― to be alibi
- stwarzać/stworzyć alibi ― to craft an alibi
- przedstawiać/przedstawić alibi ― to present an alibi
- obalić alibi ― to bust/crack/disprove an alibi
- dawać/dać alibi ― to give alibi
- potwierdzić alibi ― to confirm/corroborate alibi
- wymyślić alibi ― to come up with/think up/concoct an alibi
- stracić alibi ― to lose an alibi
- potrzebować alibi ― to need an alibi
- znaleźć alibi ― to find an alibi
- uzyskać alibi ― to get an alibi
References
[edit]- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alibi”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alibi”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Gazeta Korrespondenta Warszawskiego y Zagranicznego[1] (in Polish), number 74, 1802, page 944
- ^ alibi in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Further reading
[edit]- 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 (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 24
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]alibi n (plural alibiuri)
Declension
[edit]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 |
Rukai
[edit]Noun
[edit]alibi
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Noun
[edit]àlībi m (Cyrillic spelling а̀лӣби)
Declension
[edit]Slovak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alibi n
- alibi
Declension
[edit]Indeclinable.
Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Noun
[edit]alibi n
- (law) alibi
- Hon saknar alibi för mordnatten
- She has no alibi for the night of the murder
- (by extension) an alibi (excuse, more generally)
Declension
[edit]Declension of alibi | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | alibi | alibit | alibin | alibina |
Genitive | alibis | alibits | alibins | alibinas |
References
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- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
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- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch nouns with multiple genders
- Finnish terms borrowed from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlibi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlibi/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
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- id:Law
- Indonesian slang
- Italian terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:Italian/alibi
- Rhymes:Italian/alibi/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
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- Latin compound terms
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- Polish terms borrowed from Latin
- Polish learned borrowings from Latin
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- Rhymes:Polish/ibi
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- Polish lemmas
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- pl:Law
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- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- Rukai lemmas
- Rukai nouns
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Slovak terms borrowed from Latin
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- Slovak 3-syllable words
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- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak nouns
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- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Law
- Swedish terms with usage examples