Polyglot Dictionary

alibi

/a.li.bi/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les alibis

Meaning

  1. alibi

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

excuse

Worth distinguishing: excuse is a general justification; alibi is specifically a legal defense of one's location during a crime.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

coartada

coartada is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "alibi."

Practice

1 What does alibi mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le suspect fournit un ___ solide.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches alibi?

noun

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