dialog

See also: Dialog, dialogue, and diàlog

English

Alternative forms

• dialogue (UK)

Etymology

Inherited 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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəlɑɡ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

dialog (countable and uncountable, plural dialogs) (American spelling)

2. (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 […]

3. (proscribed) A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
   • 2008, Peter Kreeft, Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death‎^[4], 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^[5], 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).

4. (proscribed) 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^[6] (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.

5. (proscribed) 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.

Usage notes

Style guides suggest limiting "dialog" to computing contexts, leaving "dialogue" for literary contexts.

Antonyms

• introspection
• monolog
• multilog

Derived terms

• 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

computing: dialog box

• Dutch: dialoogvenster (nl) n
• Finnish: valintaikkuna, dialogi (fi)
• German: Dialogfenster (de) n, Dialog (de) m
• Hungarian: párbeszéd (hu), párbeszédablak (hu)
• Portuguese: diálogo (pt) m
• Russian: диало́г (ru) m (dialóg), диало́говое окно́ n (dialógovoje oknó)
• Swedish: dialogruta c
• Turkish: sorgu kutusu

conversation or other discourse between individuals — see dialogue

verbal part of a literary or dramatic work — see dialogue

literary form resembling a conversation — see dialogue

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.

Translations

discuss

• Bulgarian: разговарям (bg) (razgovarjam)
• Catalan: dialogar (ca)
• Dutch: dialogeren, discussiëren (nl), kortsluiten (nl)
• French: dialoguer (fr)
• Portuguese: dialogar (pt)

Anagrams

• Goliad, algoid

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪjalok]
• Hyphenation: dia‧log

Noun

dialog m inan

1. dialog (US)) / dialogue (UK)

Declension

Declension of dialog (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	dialog	dialogy
genitive	dialogu	dialogů
dative	dialogu	dialogům
accusative	dialog	dialogy
vocative	dialogu	dialogy
locative	dialogu	dialozích
instrumental	dialogem	dialogy

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

1. dialog (US)) / dialogue (UK)

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^(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

• “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)

1. dialog (US)) / dialogue (UK)

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)

1. dialog (US)) / dialogue (UK)

Synonyms

• samtale

Derived terms

• dialogsamtale

Related terms

• monolog

References

• “dialog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdja.lɔk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alɔk
• Syllabification: dia‧log

Noun

dialog m inan

1. dialog (US)) / dialogue (UK) (conversation or other discourse between individuals)

   Synonym: rozmowa

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

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)

1. dialog (US)) / dialogue (UK)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dialog	dialogul		dialoge	dialogele
genitive-dative	dialog	dialogului		dialoge	dialogelor
vocative	dialogule			dialogelor

Swedish

Etymology

dia- +‎ -log

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

dialog c

1. dialog (US)) / dialogue (UK)

Declension

Declension of dialog

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dialog	dialogs
	definite	dialogen	dialogens
plural	indefinite	dialoger	dialogers
	definite	dialogerna	dialogernas