German

Noun

Dialog m ‎(genitive Dialogs or Dialoges, plural Dialoge)

1. dialogue

Derived terms

• Dialogbereitschaft
• dialogfähig

English

Alternative forms

• dialogue

Noun

dialog ‎(plural dialogs)

1. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
   • 2008, Peter Kreeft, Between Heaven and ****: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death, InterVarsity Press, ISBN 9780830834808, 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, 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 (Motion Pictures), Focal Press, ISBN 9780240809717, 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

• introspection
• monolog
• multilog

Derived terms

Related terms

• dialect
• dialectic

Translations

Verb

dialog ‎(third-person singular simple present dialogs, present participle dialoging, simple past and past participle dialoged)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• algoid

Czech

Noun

dialog m

1. dialog

Indonesian

Noun

dialog

1. dialog

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

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) or dialogue

Synonyms

• samtale

Derived terms

• dialogsamtale

Related terms

• monolog

References

• “dialog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjalɔk/

Noun

dialog m inan

1. dialog (conversation or other discourse between individuals)

Declension

Synonyms

• rozmowa

Swedish

Etymology

dia- +‎ -log

Noun

dialog c

1. dialog

Declension