dialog

English

Alternative forms

• dialogue

Etymology

From Middle English dialog (“A literary talk, literary composition in dialog form; dialogus, the Dialogues of Pope Gregory the Great; a conversation”), from Ancient Greek διάλογος (dialogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (dia, “through, inter”) + λόγος (logos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialegomai, “to converse”), from διά + λέγειν (legein, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdaɪəlɒg/
• (US) IPA: /ˈdaɪəlɑg/

• audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

dialog (plural dialogs)

1. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.

   • 2008, Peter Kreeft, Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death^[1], InterVarsity Press, ISBN 9780830834808, page 10:

     The purpose of the dialog is not historical accuracy; the argument is all, as it is with Plato's Socrates.

2. In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.

   • 2008, Jay Rose, chapter 8, Audio Postproduction for Film and Video^[2], Motion Pictures, Focal Press, ISBN 9780240809717, page 18-:

     Besides, a video post room's console is smaller than those used for film, and you couldn't squander a dozen or more channels on dialog.

3. A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.

   • 1475, Higden's Polychronicon: Seynte Aldelme returnyde to Briteyne..makenge mony noble bookes ... of the rewles of feete metricalle, of metaplasmus, of dialog metricalle.

4. (computing) A dialog box.

   • 2010, John Walkenbach, Excel 2010 Bible^[3], John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 9780470474877, page 20:

     Navigating dialog boxes is generally very easy — you simply click the control you want to activate.

Antonyms

• introspection
• monolog
• multilog

Derived terms

conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals

dialogic dialogical dialogically dialogism

dialogist dialogistic dialogistically dialogize

computing: dialogue box

modal dialog

Related terms

• dialect
• dialectic

Translations

conversation or other discourse between individuals

• Arabic: حوار (ar) (Hiwaar) m
• Bulgarian: разговор (bg) m (razgovor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對話 (cmn), 对话 (cmn) (duìhuà), 會話 (cmn), 会话 (cmn) (huìhuà), 對白 (cmn), 对白 (cmn) (duìbái)

• Czech: dialog (cs) m
• Dutch: dialoog (nl) m
• Finnish: dialogi (fi), vuoropuhelu (fi)
• French: dialogue (fr) m
• German: Dialog (de) m, Gespräch (de) n
• Greek: διάλογος (dialogos)
• Hebrew: דו-שיח (du-syakh) m (conversation between two persons or parties)
• Icelandic: samtal (is) n

• Italian: dialogo (it) m
• Japanese: (conversation) 対話 (ja) (taiwa); (discussion) 討論 (ja) (tōron), 会話 (ja) (kaiwa)
• Norwegian: dialog (no) m, samtale (no) m
• Polish: dialog (pl) m
• Portuguese: diálogo (pt)
• Russian: диалог (ru) (dialóg) m , разговор (ru) (razgovór) m , беседа (ru) (beséda) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhradh (gd) m, seanchas (gd) m, agallamh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: dijàlog (sh) m
• Spanish: diálogo (es) m
• Swedish: dialog (sv)
• Tok Pisin: toktok (tpi)
• Vietnamese: cuộc đối thoại (vi)

verbal part of a literary or dramatic work

• Bulgarian: диалог (bg) m (dialog)
• Czech: dialog (cs) m
• Dutch: dialoog (nl) m
• Japanese: 対話 (ja) (taiwa)

• Norwegian: dialog (no) m
• Russian: диалог (ru) m (dialog)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhradh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: dijàlog (sh) m

literary form resembling a conversation

• Bulgarian: диалог (bg) m (dialog)
• Czech: dialog (cs) m
• Dutch: dialoog (nl) m
• Finnish: dialogi (fi)
• Japanese: 対話形式 (ja) (taiwa-keishiki)

• Norwegian: dialog (no) m
• Russian: диалог (ru) m (dialog)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhradh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: dijàlog (sh) m

computing: dialogue box

• Dutch: dialoogvenster (nl) n
• German: Dialogfenster (de) n, Dialog (de) m

• Russian: диалог (ru) m (dialog)
• Turkish: sorgu kutusu (tr)

Verb

dialog (third-person singular simple present dialogs, present participle dialoging, simple past and past participle dialoged)

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

Translations

discuss

• Bulgarian: разговарям (bg) (razgovarjam)
• Catalan: dialogar (ca)

• Dutch: dialogeren (nl), discussiëren (nl), kortsluiten (nl)
• French: dialoguer (fr)

Anagrams

• algoid

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Czech

Noun

dialog m

1. dialog

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Indonesian

Noun

dialog

1. dialog

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάλογος (“conversation, discourse”), from διά (“through, inter”) + λόγος (“speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγωμαι (“to converse”), from διά + λέγειν (“to speak”).

Noun

dialog m

1. dialog

Inflection

    Inflection of dialog

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	dialog	dialogen	dialoger	dialogene
Nynorsk m	dialog	dialogen	dialogar	dialogane

Synonyms

• samtale

Derived terms

• dialogsamtale

Related terms

• monolog

References

• “dialog” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdjalɔk/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

dialog m

1. dialog (conversation or other discourse between individuals)

Declension

    declension of dialog

	singular	plural
nominative	dialog	dialogi
genitive	dialogu	dialogów
dative	dialogowi	dialogom
accusative	dialog	dialogi
instrumental	dialogiem	dialogami
locative	dialogu	dialogach
vocative	dialogu	dialogi

Synonyms

• rozmowa

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Swedish

Etymology

dia- + -log

Noun

dialog c

1. dialog

Declension

Declension of dialog

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dialog	dialogen	dialoger	dialogerna
genitive	dialogs	dialogens	dialogers	dialogernas