alibi

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See also: Alibi and álibi

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

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

See also


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.liˌbi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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.

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
abessive alibitta alibeitta
instructive alibein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of alibi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative alibini alibini
accusative nom. alibini alibini
gen. alibini
genitive alibini alibieni
partitive alibiani alibejani
inessive alibissani alibeissani
elative alibistani alibeistani
illative alibiini alibeihini
adessive alibillani alibeillani
ablative alibiltani alibeiltani
allative alibilleni alibeilleni
essive alibinani alibeinani
translative alibikseni alibeikseni
abessive alibittani alibeittani
instructive
comitative alibeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative alibisi alibisi
accusative nom. alibisi alibisi
gen. alibisi
genitive alibisi alibiesi
partitive alibiasi alibejasi
inessive alibissasi alibeissasi
elative alibistasi alibeistasi
illative alibiisi alibeihisi
adessive alibillasi alibeillasi
ablative alibiltasi alibeiltasi
allative alibillesi alibeillesi
essive alibinasi alibeinasi
translative alibiksesi alibeiksesi
abessive alibittasi alibeittasi
instructive
comitative alibeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative alibimme alibimme
accusative nom. alibimme alibimme
gen. alibimme
genitive alibimme alibiemme
partitive alibiamme alibejamme
inessive alibissamme alibeissamme
elative alibistamme alibeistamme
illative alibiimme alibeihimme
adessive alibillamme alibeillamme
ablative alibiltamme alibeiltamme
allative alibillemme alibeillemme
essive alibinamme alibeinamme
translative alibiksemme alibeiksemme
abessive alibittamme alibeittamme
instructive
comitative alibeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative alibinne alibinne
accusative nom. alibinne alibinne
gen. alibinne
genitive alibinne alibienne
partitive alibianne alibejanne
inessive alibissanne alibeissanne
elative alibistanne alibeistanne
illative alibiinne alibeihinne
adessive alibillanne alibeillanne
ablative alibiltanne alibeiltanne
allative alibillenne alibeillenne
essive alibinanne alibeinanne
translative alibiksenne alibeiksenne
abessive alibittanne alibeittanne
instructive
comitative alibeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative alibinsa alibinsa
accusative nom. alibinsa alibinsa
gen. alibinsa
genitive alibinsa alibiensa
partitive alibiaan
alibiansa
alibejaan
alibejansa
inessive alibissaan
alibissansa
alibeissaan
alibeissansa
elative alibistaan
alibistansa
alibeistaan
alibeistansa
illative alibiinsa alibeihinsa
adessive alibillaan
alibillansa
alibeillaan
alibeillansa
ablative alibiltaan
alibiltansa
alibeiltaan
alibeiltansa
allative alibilleen
alibillensa
alibeilleen
alibeillensa
essive alibinaan
alibinansa
alibeinaan
alibeinansa
translative alibikseen
alibiksensa
alibeikseen
alibeiksensa
abessive alibittaan
alibittansa
alibeittaan
alibeittansa
instructive
comitative alibeineen
alibeinensa

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibi.

Pronunciation

Noun

alibi m (plural alibis)

  1. alibi

Indonesian

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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. (law) alibi, 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.

Further reading


Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibi.

Noun

alibi m (uncountable)

  1. alibi

Anagrams


Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From alius (other, another) + ibī.

Pronunciation

Adverb

alibī (not comparable)

  1. elsewhere

Descendants

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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

Noun

alibi n

  1. alibi

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading


Serbo-Croatian

Noun

àlībi m (Cyrillic spelling а̀лӣби)

  1. alibi

Declension


Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alibī.

Pronunciation

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