dialogue

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English

Alternative forms

• (US): dialog

Etymology

From Middle English dialog, from Old French dialoge (French dialogue), from Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəˌlɔɡ/
• (Canada, General American, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/
• Hyphenation: di‧a‧logue

Noun

dialogue (countable and uncountable, plural dialogues)

1. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
2. (authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
3. (philosophy) A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.

4. (computing) A dialogue box.

Hyponyms

• modal dialogue

Derived terms

Related terms

• dialect
• dialectic

Translations

See also

• introspection
• monologue
• trialogue
• quadralogue
• multilogue

References

• Dialogue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

dialogue (third-person singular simple present dialogues, present participle dialoguing, simple past and past participle dialogued)

1. (informal, business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.

2. (transitive) To put into dialogue form.
3. (obsolete) To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja.lɔɡ/

Noun

dialogue m (plural dialogues)

1. dialogue

Derived terms

• dialogue de sourds

Descendants

• → Turkish: diyalog

Verb

dialogue

1. inflection of dialoguer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Descendants

• → Turkish: diyalog

Further reading

• “dialogue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Verb

dialogue

1. inflection of dialogar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

dialogue

1. inflection of dialogar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative