monologue
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See also: monologué
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Ancient Greek or via Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos, “speaking alone”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒnəlɒɡ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑnəlɔɡ/
- (US, Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈmɑnəlɑɡ/
Noun[edit]
monologue (plural monologues)
- (drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
- (comedy) A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
- A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.
Synonyms[edit]
- (drama): soliloquy
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of "a monopolizing utterance"): dialogue
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
drama: long speech by one person
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comedy: long series of stories and jokes
monopolizing utterance
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Verb[edit]
monologue (third-person singular simple present monologues, present participle monologuing, simple past and past participle monologued)
- To deliver a monologue.
- 1989, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices:
- Powerful parents, in her formulation, feeling themselves autonomous and powerful, give autonomy and power to their children; powerless ones, feeling themselves passive and controlled, in turn exert an excessive control on their children, and monologue at them, instead of having a dialogue with them.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Ancient Greek or via Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
monologue m (plural monologues)
Verb[edit]
monologue
- inflection of monologuer:
Further reading[edit]
- “monologue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French[edit]
Noun[edit]
monologue m (plural monologues)
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
monologue
- inflection of monologar:
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
monologue
- inflection of monologar:
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