# dialog
## English
### Etymology

Variant of dialogue.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈdaɪəlɑɡ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

dialog (countable and uncountable, plural dialogs)
* (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 […]
* (proscribed) US spelling of dialogue.
** 2008, Peter Kreeft, Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death‎, 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, 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 (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

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
### Verb

dialog (third-person singular simple present dialogs, present participle dialoging, simple past and past participle dialoged)
* US spelling of dialogue.

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Brewer, Robert Lee (2020 December 14) “Dialog vs. Dialogue (Grammar Rules)”, in Writer's Digest‎
* ↑ Gina (2023 January 24) “Dialogue vs. Dialog—Spelling in British & American English”, in Insights by LanguageTool‎
* ↑ “Dialog vs. Dialogue: What’s the Difference?”, in Writing Explained‎, 2015 November 12

### Anagrams

* Goliad, algoid

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɪjalok]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dia‧log

### Noun

dialog m inan
* dialog

#### 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

## Indonesian
### Noun

dialog (plural dialog-dialog)
* 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: /ˈdiːalɔɡ(ə)/, /ˈdiːalɔːɡ(ə)/

### Noun

dialog (plural dialogges)
* A literary discussion or a work written as one.
* (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)
* 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)
* dialog

#### Synonyms

* samtale

#### Derived terms

* dialogsamtale

#### Related terms

* monolog

### References

* “dialog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdja.lɔk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alɔk
* Syllabification: dia‧log

### Noun

dialog m inan
* dialog (conversation or other discourse between individuals)
    Synonym: rozmowa

#### Declension
### 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)
* dialog

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

dia- +‎ -log

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dialog c
* dialog