different between alias vs moniker

English

Etymology

From Latin alias (“at another time; (in the post-Augustan period) at another time or place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”), feminine accusative plural of alius (“other”). See else and alien.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?e?.li.?s/
• Rhymes: -e?li?s

Adverb

alias (not comparable)

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

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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

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) to become indistinguishable

See also

• Origin of signal processing usage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• alias in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• alias in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Translations

Anagrams

• Alais, asail

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin alias.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??li?s/, [??li?s?]
• Rhymes: -?li?s
• Syllabification: a?li?as

Noun

alias

1. alias

Declension

Anagrams

• Alisa, Saila, laasi, lasia, saali, salia, silaa

French

Etymology

From Latin alias (“at another time; in post-Augustan period, at another time or place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”), feminine accusative plural of alius (“other”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

alias

1. alias

Noun

alias m (plural alias)

1. alias

Anagrams

• salai

Italian

Adverb

alias

1. alias

Noun

alias m (plural alias)

1. alias

Latin

Etymology

From alius.

Adverb

ali?s (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

• Catalan: àlies
• English: alias
• Mozarabic:

  Arabic: ???????? (allás)

  Hebrew: ??????? (allás)

• Portuguese: aliás
• Spanish: alias

Adjective

ali?s

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?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Portuguese

Verb

alias

1. second-person singular (tu) present indicative of aliar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ali?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?aljas/, [?a.ljas]

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.

English

Alternative forms

• monacer
• monicker
• monniker

Etymology

Unknown, first attested 1849. Suggested derivations are:

• Backslang for ekename (compare nickname);
• From Shelta munik, munika;
• From monk;
• Partridge (A Dictionary of Historical Slang) suggests a corruption of monogram, which is suggestive of the sense signature.
• From monarch in the sense 'king or No. 1, and thus with frank egotism, "I, myself".' (The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 281, pg. 349.)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?n.?.k?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?n.?.k?/
• Homophone: Monica (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

moniker (plural monikers)

1. A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.

   Synonyms: byname, nickname, pseudonym, sobriquet, street name, to-name; see also Thesaurus:name

   • 2000, Jim Phelan, Irish Writing in the 1940s, David Pierce (editor), Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader, page 541:

     Again fairly common, and always amusing, are the monikers drawn from the (imagined) childhood of a particular vagrant.

   • 2010, Linda S. Miller, Kären M. Hess, Christine M. H. Orthmann, 6th Edition, Community Policing: Partnerships for Problem Solving, page 388:

     A gang member may receive a new identity by taking on a nickname, or moniker, which others in the gang world would recognize. Monikers affirm a youth's commitment to gang life and may become their sole identity, the only way they see thselves and the only name they go by.

   • 2010, Neal K. Devaraj, Ralph Weissleder, 30: "Click Chemistry": Applications to Molecular Imaging, Ralph Weissleder, Brian D. Ross, Alnawaz Rehemtulla, Sanjiv Sam (editors), Molecular Imaging, Principles and Practice, page 471:

     Recently, a class of reactions has gained tremendous attention in the chemistry community under the moniker of "click chemistry," a concept introduced by Kolb and colleagues.

   • 2012, Richard Worth, Baseball Team Names, unnumbered page,

     Actually, the various monikers Pilgrims, Puritans, Plymouth Rocks, Red Stockings, Hubs and Hubites were frequently used, informally, for both Boston big league clubs until 1912.

2. A person's signature.

   Synonym: tag

   • 2007, Barry L. Beyerstein, Chapter 16: Graphology—a total write-off, Sergio Della Sala (editor), Tall Tales About the Mind and Brain: Separating Fact from Fiction, page 255:

     The monikers of both these famously well-endowed movie stars contain enormous sworls (two of them, no less, for Ms West!) that could only signify you-know-what, according to Ms Koren.

3. (computing) An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.
   • 1998, Don Box, Essential COM, page 131:

     Monikers are often composed from other monikers to allow object hierarchies to be navigated based on a textual description of a path.

   • 1999, Tim Hill, Windows 2000: Windows Script Host, page 186:

     The GetObject function can also be used to access objects via monikers. A moniker is itself an object that acts as an intermediary between VBScript and the actual object to be accessed. Monikers are typically used when the objects to be accessed exist in a namespace other than the file system.

   • 2011, Thuan L. Thai, Learning DCOM, O'Reilly, page 121:

     There are different types of monikers, but the one that deals with object instantiation is the class moniker. A class moniker portrays a class factory.

Translations

See also

• cognomen
• nom de guerre
• nom de plume
• nom de Web
• trademark

Anagrams

• romekin