dialog

See also: Dialog and dialogue

English

Alternative forms

• dialogue

Etymology

From Middle English dialog (“A literary discussion or a work written as one”), from Old French dialogue, from 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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəlɑɡ/

• audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

dialog (countable and uncountable, plural dialogs) (American spelling)

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, page 10:

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

   • 2014, Stephanie C. Herring, Martin P. Hoerling, Thomas C. Peterson, and Peter A. Stott, “Explaining Extreme Events”, in American Meteorological Society‎^[2], retrieved 2015-03-21:

     As we conclude our third annual report on explaining extreme events, the dialog around the value of attribution science is intensifying (Kerr 2013).

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, in Audio Postproduction for Film and Video‎^[3] (Motion Pictures), Focal Press, →ISBN, 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.
   • 2002, Christopher Tacke, Timothy Bassett, Embedded Visual Basic: Windows CE and Pocket PC Mobile Applications

     You'll be prompted with the New Project dialog (see Figure 1.11) from which you'll have at least two types of projects from which to choose […]

Antonyms

• introspection
• monolog
• multilog

Derived terms

conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals

• dialog tag
• dialog window
• dialogic
• dialogical
• dialogically
• dialogism
• dialogist
• dialogistic
• dialogistically
• dialogize

computing: dialogue box

• modal dialog

Related terms

• dialect
• dialectic

Translations

conversation or other discourse between individuals — see dialogue

verbal part of a literary or dramatic work — see dialogue

literary form resembling a conversation — see dialogue

computing: dialogue box — see dialogue

Verb

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

1. (American spelling, 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, discussiëren (nl), kortsluiten (nl)
• French: dialoguer (fr)
• Portuguese: dialogar (pt)

Anagrams

• Goliad, algoid

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪjalok]
• Hyphenation: dia‧log

Noun

dialog m inan

1. dialog

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	dialog	dialogy
genitive	dialogu	dialogů
dative	dialogu	dialogům
accusative	dialog	dialogy
vocative	dialogu	dialogy
locative	dialogu	dialozích
instrumental	dialogem	dialogy

Related terms

• See logos

Further reading

• dialog in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• dialog in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Indonesian

Noun

dialog (first-person possessive dialogku, second-person possessive dialogmu, third-person possessive dialognya)

1. dialog

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• dyaloge, dialoge, diolag, dialok, dialogge

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French dialogue, from Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːalɔɡ(ə)/, /ˈdiːalɔːɡ(ə)/

Noun

dialog (plural dialogges)

1. A literary discussion or a work written as one.
2. (rare) An organised talk between two people.

Descendants

• English: dialog, dialogue

References

• “dīalō̆g, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-20.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

dia- +‎ -log; from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγωμαι (dialégōmai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).

Noun

dialog m (definite singular dialogen, indefinite plural dialoger, definite plural dialogene)

1. dialog (US) or dialogue

Synonyms

• samtale

Derived terms

• dialogsamtale

Related terms

• monolog

References

• “dialog” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

dia- +‎ -log; from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγωμαι (dialégōmai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).

Noun

dialog m (definite singular dialogen, indefinite plural dialogar, definite plural dialogane)

1. dialog (US) or dialogue

Synonyms

• samtale

Derived terms

• dialogsamtale

Related terms

• monolog

References

• “dialog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdja.lɔk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alɔk
• Syllabification: dia‧log

Noun

dialog m inan

1. dialog (conversation or other discourse between individuals)

   Synonym: rozmowa

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

Further reading

• dialog in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dialog in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French dialogue.

Noun

dialog n (plural dialoguri)

1. dialogue

Declension

Declension of dialog

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) dialog	dialogul	(niște) dialoge	dialogele
genitive/dative	(unui) dialog	dialogului	(unor) dialoge	dialogelor
vocative	dialogule		dialogelor

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Swedish

Etymology

dia- +‎ -log

Noun

dialog c

1. dialog

Declension

Declension of dialog
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dialog	dialogen	dialoger	dialogerna
Genitive	dialogs	dialogens	dialogers	dialogernas