alibi
French, noun/a.li.bi/
alibi is spelled A-L-I-B-I (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alibi is a French masculine noun meaning “alibi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Présence d’une personne dans un lieu autre que celui où a été commis le crime ou le délit dont on l’accuse”.
What does alibi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealibi
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Présence d’une personne dans un lieu autre que celui où a été commis le crime ou le délit dont on l’accuse. 2. Argument invoqué pour échapper à une accusation, même non juridique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alibi
- alibis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alibi?
- /a.li.bi/
- \a.li.bi\
- [a.li.bi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alibi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alibi in French?
alibi appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).