alibi

See also: Alibi and álibi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”, adverb).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.ə.baɪ/
  • Audio (US)(file)

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
    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.
  2. An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.

Usage notes

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

alibi (third-person singular simple present alibies, present participle alibiing, simple past and past participle alibied)

  1. To provide an alibi for.
  2. To provide an excuse for.

See also

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibi.

Noun

alibi

  1. alibi

Declension

Inflection of alibi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
instructive — alibein
abessive alibitta alibeitta
comitative — alibeineen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.li.bi/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

alibi m (plural alibis)

  1. alibi

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibi.

Noun

alibi m (invariable)

  1. alibi

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

  • aliubi (rare)

Etymology

From alius (“other, another”) + ibī.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.biː/, [ˈa.lɪ.biː]

Adverb

alibī (not comparable)

  1. elsewhere

Descendants

See also

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

Borrowed from Latin alibi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈlʲi.bʲi/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

alibi n

  1. alibi

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading

  • alibi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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 Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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