dialog

See also: Dialog, dialogue, and diàlog

English

Etymology

Variant of dialogue.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

dialog (countable and uncountable, plural dialogs)

2. (computing) A dialog box.

   Alternative form: dialogue (nonstandard)

   • 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 […]

3. (sometimes proscribed) US spelling of dialogue.
   • 2008, Peter Kreeft, Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death‎^[4], 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, Peter A. Stott, “Explaining Extreme Events”, in American Meteorological Society‎^[5], archived from the original on 17 April 2015:

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

   • 2008, Jay Rose, chapter 8, in Audio Postproduction for Film and Video‎^[6] (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.

   • 1475, Higden's Polychronicon:

     Seynte Aldelme returnyde to Briteyne..makenge mony noble bookes ... of the rewles of feete metricalle, of metaplasmus, of dialog metricalle.

Usage notes

Some style guides suggest limiting dialog to computing contexts, leaving dialogue for literary contexts.

Antonyms

• introspection
• monolog
• multilog

Derived terms

• dialog balloon
• dialog box
• dialogic
• dialogise
• dialogism
• dialogist
• dialogize
• dialog tag
• dialog window
• modal dialog
• subdialog

Related terms

• dialect
• dialectic
• dialectical
• dialectically
• dialogical
• dialogically
• dialogistic
• dialogistically

Translations

computing: dialog box

• Dutch: dialoogvenster (nl) n
• Finnish: valintaikkuna, dialogi (fi)
• German: Dialogfenster (de) n, Dialog (de) m
• Hungarian: párbeszéd (hu), párbeszédablak (hu)
• Portuguese: diálogo (pt) m
• Russian: диало́г (ru) m (dialóg), диало́говое окно́ n (dialógovoje oknó)
• Swedish: dialogruta c
• Turkish: sorgu kutusu

other senses — see dialogue

Verb

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

1. US spelling of dialogue.

Translations

dialogue — see dialogue

Anagrams

• Goliad, algoid

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪjalok]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: dia‧log

Noun

dialog m inan

1. dialog

Declension

Declension of dialog (velar masculine inanimate)

	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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dialog”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From dia- +‎ -log, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diaˈloˀ]

Noun

dialog c (singular definite dialogen, plural indefinite dialoger)

1. dialogue

Declension

Declension of dialog

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dialog	dialogen	dialoger	dialogerne
genitive	dialogs	dialogens	dialogers	dialogernes

Derived terms

• dialogisk

Related terms

• monolog

References

• “dialog” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Noun

dialog (plural dialog-dialog)

1. dialog

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.

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

Synonyms

• samtale

Derived terms

• dialogsamtale

Related terms

• monolog

References

• “dialog” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

Synonyms

• samtale

Derived terms

• dialogsamtale

Related terms

• monolog

References

• “dialog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dialogue.

Noun

dialog n (plural dialoguri)

1. dialog

Declension

Declension of dialog

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dialog	dialogul		dialoge	dialogele
genitive-dative	dialog	dialogului		dialoge	dialogelor
vocative	dialogule			dialogelor

Swedish

Etymology

dia- +‎ -log

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

dialog c

1. dialog

Declension

Declension of dialog

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