dialogue

See also: dialogué

English

Alternative forms

• (US and computing): dialog

Etymology

From Old French dialoge (French dialogue), from Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (dialogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (dia, “through, inter”) + λόγος (logos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialegomai, “to converse”), from διά (dia) + λέγειν (legein, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəlɔɡ/
• (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəlɑɡ/

• audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

dialogue (plural dialogues)

1. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.

   Bill and Melinda maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.

   • 2013, Paul Harris, Lance Armstrong faces multi-million dollar legal challenges after confession (in The Guardian, 19 January 2013)[1]

     The hours of dialogue with Winfrey, which culminated in a choked-up moment on Friday night as he discussed the impact of his cheating on his family, appear to have failed to give Armstrong the redemption that he craves.

2. In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.

   The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster.

3. A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.

   A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.

4. (computing) A dialogue box.

   Once the My Computer dialogue opens, select Local Disk (C:), then right click and scroll down.

Antonyms

• introspection
• monologue
• multilogue

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 dialogue

Related terms

• dialect
• dialectic

Translations

conversation or other discourse between individuals

• Arabic: حوار (ar) m (Hiwaar)
• Armenian: երկխոսություն (erkxosutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: разговор (bg) m (razgovor)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: dialog m
• Dutch: dialoog (nl) m
• Finnish: dialogi (fi), vuoropuhelu (fi)
• French: dialogue (fr) m
• German: Dialog (de) m, Gespräch (de) n
• Greek: διάλογος (el) (diálogos)
• Hebrew: (between two parties) דו-שיח (he) m (du-syakh)
• Icelandic: samtal (is) n

• Italian: dialogo (it) m
• Japanese: (conversation) 対話 (ja) (taiwa), (discussion) 討論 (ja) (tōron), 会話 (ja) (kaiwa)
• Malay: dialog
• Norwegian: dialog m, samtale (no) m
• Polish: dialog (pl) m
• Portuguese: diálogo (pt)
• Russian: диалог (ru) m (dialóg), разговор (ru) m (razgovór), беседа (ru) f (beséda)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhradh m, seanchas m, agallamh m
• Serbo-Croatian: dijàlog m, razgovor (sh) m
• Spanish: diálogo (es) m
• Swedish: dialog (sv)
• Tok Pisin: toktok
• Vietnamese: cuộc đối thoại

verbal part of a literary or dramatic work

• Armenian: երկխոսություն (erkxosutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: диалог (bg) m (dialog)
• Czech: dialog m
• Dutch: dialoog (nl) m
• Japanese: 対話 (ja) (taiwa)

• Norwegian: dialog m
• Russian: диалог (ru) m (dialog)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhradh m
• Serbo-Croatian: dijàlog m

literary form resembling a conversation

• Armenian: երկխոսություն (erkxosutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: диалог (bg) m (dialog)
• Czech: dialog m
• Dutch: dialoog (nl) m
• Finnish: dialogi (fi)

• Japanese: 対話形式 (taiwa-keishiki)
• Norwegian: dialog m
• Russian: диалог (ru) m (dialog)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhradh m
• Serbo-Croatian: dijàlog m

computing: dialogue box

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

• Russian: диалог (ru) m (dialog)
• Turkish: sorgu kutusu

Verb

dialogue (third-person singular simple present dialogues, present participle dialoguing, simple past and past participle dialogued)

1. (informal, business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.

   Pearson wanted to dialogue with his overseas counterparts about the new reporting requirements.

2. (obsolete) To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

Translations

discuss

• Armenian: երկխոսել (erkxosel)
• Bulgarian: разговарям (bg) (razgovarjam)
• Catalan: dialogar (ca)

• Dutch: dialogeren, discussiëren (nl), kortsluiten (nl)
• French: dialoguer (fr)

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (dialogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (dia, “through, inter”) + λόγος (logos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialegomai, “to converse”), from διά (dia) + λέγειν (legein, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

dialogue m (plural dialogues)

1. dialogue

Verb

dialogue

1. first-person singular present indicative of dialoguer
2. third-person singular present indicative of dialoguer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of dialoguer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of dialoguer
5. second-person singular imperative of dialoguer

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Spanish

Verb

dialogue

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dialogar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dialogar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dialogar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dialogar.