dialog

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English

Alternative forms

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

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  • 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

Derived terms

conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals

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computing: dialogue box

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Translations

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.

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Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. dialog

Further reading

Indonesian

Noun

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

  1. dialog

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

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

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Derived terms

References

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

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Derived terms

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): //ˈdja.lɔɡ// invalid IPA characters (//)
  • 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

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
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