dialog

See also: Dialog

English

Alternative forms

• dialogue

Etymology

From Middle English dialog (“A literary talk, literary composition in dialog form; dialogus, the Dialogues of Pope Gregory the Great; a conversation”), 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 (plural dialogs)

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 9780830834808, 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 9780240809717, 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

• dialogic
• dialogical
• dialogically
• dialogism

• dialogist
• dialogistic
• dialogistically
• dialogize

computing: dialogue box

• modal dialog

Related terms

• dialect
• dialectic

Translations

conversation or other discourse between individuals

• Arabic: حِوَار (ar) m (ḥiwār)
• Belarusian: дыяло́г m (dyjalóh), размо́ва f (razmóva)
• Bulgarian: разгово́р (bg) m (razgovór)
• Burmese: အပြော (my) (a.prau:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對話 (zh), 对话 (zh) (duìhuà), 會話 (zh), 会话 (zh) (huìhuà), 對白 (zh), 对白 (zh) (duìbái)

• Czech: dialog (cs) m
• Dutch: dialoog (nl) m
• Finnish: dialogi (fi), vuoropuhelu (fi)
• French: dialogue (fr) m
• German: Dialog (de) m, Gespräch (de) n
• Greek: διάλογος (dialogos)
• Hebrew: דו-שיח (du-syakh) m (conversation between two persons or parties)
• Hindi: बातचीत (hi) f (bātcīt)
• Icelandic: samtal (is) n
• Italian: dialogo (it) m
• Japanese: (conversation) 対話 (ja) (taiwa); (discussion) 討論 (ja) (tōron), 会話 (ja) (kaiwa)
• Korean: 대화 (ko) (daehwa), 회화 (ko) (hoehwa)
• Lao: ການສົນທະນາ (lo) (kān son tha nā)

• Macedonian: дијалог m (dijalog)
• Malay: dialog
• Norwegian: dialog m, samtale (no) m
• Polish: dialog (pl) m
• Portuguese: diálogo (pt)
• Russian: диало́г (ru) m (dialóg), разгово́р (ru) m (razgovór), бесе́да (ru) f (beséda)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhradh m, seanchas m, agallamh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дијалог m

  Roman: dijàlog (sh) m

• Slovak: dialóg m
• Slovene: pogovor (sl) m
• Spanish: diálogo (es) m
• Swedish: dialog (sv)
• Thai: บทพูด, การสนทนา (gaan-sǒn-tá-naa)
• Tok Pisin: toktok
• Ukrainian: діало́г m (dialóh), розмо́ва f (rozmóva)
• Vietnamese: đối thoại (vi), hội thoại (vi)

verbal part of a literary or dramatic work

• Bulgarian: диалог (bg) m (dialog)
• Czech: dialog (cs) m
• Dutch: dialoog (nl) m
• Japanese: 対話 (ja) (taiwa)
• Norwegian: dialog m
• Portuguese: diálogo (pt) m

• Russian: диало́г (ru) m (dialóg)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhradh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: dijàlog (sh) m

• Swedish: dialog (sv) c

literary form resembling a conversation

• Bulgarian: диало́г (bg) m (dialóg)
• Czech: dialog (cs) m
• Dutch: dialoog (nl) m
• Finnish: dialogi (fi)
• Japanese: 対話形式 (taiwa-keishiki)
• Norwegian: dialog m

• Portuguese: diálogo (pt) m
• Russian: диало́г (ru) m (dialóg)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhradh m
• Serbo-Croatian: dijàlog (sh) m
• Swedish: dialog (sv) c

computing: dialogue box

• Dutch: dialoogvenster n
• German: Dialogfenster (de) n, Dialog (de) m
• Portuguese: diálogo (pt) m

• Russian: окно диалога n
• Swedish: dialogruta c
• Turkish: sorgu kutusu

Verb

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

1. (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

• algoid

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Czech

Noun

dialog m

1. dialog

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

1. dialog

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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): /ˈdjalɔk/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

dialog m inan

1. dialog (conversation or other discourse between individuals)

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

Synonyms

• rozmowa

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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