monologue

English

Etymology

Circa 1550, from circa 1500 Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Ancient Greek or via Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monologos, “speaking alone”)

Alternative forms

• monolog (US, noun)

Noun

Wikipedia monologue (plural monologues)

1. (drama) A type of art that consist of soliloquy, a long speech by one person.
2. (comedy) A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
3. A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.

Synonyms

• (drama): soliloquy

Antonyms

• (a monopolizing utterance): dialogue

Translations

drama: long speech by one person

• Catalan: monòleg (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獨白 (cmn), 独白 (cmn) (dúbái)

• Finnish: monologi (fi), yksinpuhelu (fi)
• French: monologue (fr) m
• German: Monolog (de) m, Selbstgespräch (de) n
• Japanese: 独白 (ja) (どくはく, dokuhaku)

• Polish: monolog (pl) m
• Portuguese: monólogo (pt) m
• Russian: монолог (ru) (monológ) m
• Spanish: monólogo (es) m
• Swedish: monolog (sv)
• Turkish: monolog (tr)

comedy: long series of stories and jokes

• Finnish: monologi (fi), yksinpuhelu (fi)
• Japanese: 漫談 (ja) (mandan) (Japanese modernism), 落語 (ja) (rakugo) (Japanese tradition)

• Polish: monolog (pl) m
• Portuguese: monólogo (pt) m
• Russian: монолог (ru) (monológ) m

monopolizing utterance

• Catalan: monòleg (ca) m
• Finnish: monologi (fi), yksinpuhelu (fi)

• Polish: monolog (pl) m
• Portuguese: monólogo (pt) m

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• Mandarin: 独白 dúbái
• French: monologue m
• Italian: monologo m

• Kurdish: yekbêjî f, monolog f

See also

• soliloquy

Verb

monologue (third-person singular simple present monologues, present participle monologuing, simple past and past participle monologued)

1. To deliver a monologue.

Synonyms

• monologize

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French

Etymology

Modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Ancient Greek or via Byzantine Greek μονολογος (monologos, “speaking alone”)

Noun

monologue m (plural monologues)

1. monologue

Verb

monologue

1. first-person singular present indicative of monologuer
2. third-person singular present indicative of monologuer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of monologuer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of monologuer
5. second-person singular imperative of monologuer