monologue

English

Etymology

Circa 1550, from circa 1500 Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Ancient Greek or via Byzantine Greek μονολογος (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

a long speech by one person

Catalan: monòleg (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 獨白 (zh), 独白 (zh) (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. Russian: монолог (ru) (monológ) m. Spanish: monólogo (es) m. Swedish: monolog (sv) Turkish: monolog (tr)

comedy: a long series of comic story

Japanese: 漫談 (ja) (mandan) (Japanese modernism), 落語 (ja) (rakugo) (Japanese tradition) Polish: monolog (pl) m.

Russian: монолог (ru) (monológ) m.

a monopolizing utterance

Catalan: monòleg (ca) m.

Polish: monolog (pl) 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