# dialogue
## English
### Alternative forms

* dialog (US)

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dialog, from Old French dialoge (French dialogue), from Late 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

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈdaɪəˌlɔɡ/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/
* Hyphenation: di‧a‧logue

### Noun

dialogue (countable and uncountable, plural dialogues)
* A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
    Melinda and Bill maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.
    Start up a dialogue
** 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 200:Guido and Francesca exchanged looks; for the attention with which both had listened had enabled them to comprehend with tolerable accuracy the preceding dialogue.
** 2013 January 19, Paul Harris, The Guardian‎: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.
* (authorship) 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.
** 2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, page 42:In 1936, Anstey had co-directed Housing Problems, which featured direct dialogue recording - allowing the subjects of the film to speak for themselves. As Anstey said: "At the time nobody had done it, and we gave slum dwellers a chance to make their own films."
* (philosophy) A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
    A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.
* (computing, nonstandard) Nonstandard form of dialog.
    Once the My Computer dialogue opens, select Local Disk (C:), then right click and scroll down.

#### Derived terms

* civilogue
* dialogic
* dialogise
* dialogism
* dialogist
* dialogize
* dialogual
* dialogue balloon
* dialogue box
* dialogueless
* dialogue tag
* dialoguist
* diavlog
* halfalogue
* megalogue
* nondialogue
* Platonic dialogue
* punch dialogue

#### Related terms

* dialect
* dialectic
* dialectical
* dialectically
* dialogical
* dialogicality
* dialogically
* dialogistic
* dialogistical
* dialogistically

#### Translations
### See also

* epistolary
* introspection
* monologue
* multilogue
* quadralogue
* trialogue

### Verb

dialogue (third-person singular simple present dialogues, present participle dialoguing, simple past and past participle dialogued)
* (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.
* (transitive) To put into dialogue form.
* (obsolete) To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.
** c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page [55]:Dost [thou] dialogue with thy shadow?

#### Translations
### References

* Dialogue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## French
### Etymology

From Late 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

* IPA: /dja.lɔɡ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dialogue m (plural dialogues)
* dialogue

#### Derived terms

* dialogue de sourds

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: diyalog

### Verb

dialogue
* inflection of dialoguer:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: diyalog

### Further reading

* “dialogue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Portuguese
### Verb

dialogue
* inflection of dialogar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

dialogue
* inflection of dialogar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative