dialogue

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
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• /ˈdaɪəˌlɔɡ/ US, lot–cloth split
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/
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• California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/ of the US
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• Australian: /ˈdɑeəlɔɡ/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈdɑe̯əlɔ̟ɡ]
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• CMU ARPABET: D AY1 AH0 L AO2 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”), equivalent to dia- (“between”) + -logue. Also analyzable as di- (“two”) + -alogue.

233 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Albanian: bisedë — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Arabic: حِوَار (ḥiwār) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Arabic: مُحَادَثَة (muḥādaṯa) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Arabic: مُكَالَمَة (mukālama) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Armenian: երկխոսություն (erkxosutʻyun) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Armenian: զրույց (zruycʻ) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Azerbaijani: dialoq — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Azerbaijani: söhbət — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Azerbaijani: qonuşma — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Belarusian: дыяло́г (dyjalóh) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Belarusian: размо́ва (razmóva) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Belarusian: гу́тарка (hútarka) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Belarusian: дыялёг (dyjaljóh) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Bengali: সংলাপ (śoṅlap) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Bulgarian: ра́зговор (rázgovor) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Bulgarian: диало́г (dialóg) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Bulgarian: бесе́да (beséda) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Burmese: အပြော (a.prau:) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Catalan: diàleg — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Chinese Mandarin: 對話 /对话 (duìhuà) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Chinese Mandarin: 會話 /会话 (huìhuà) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Chinese Mandarin: 對白 /对白 (duìbái) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Czech: dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Czech: konverzace — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Czech: rozhovor — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Danish: samtale — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Danish: dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Danish: konversation — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Dutch: dialoog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Dutch: gesprek — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Estonian: dialoog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Estonian: vestlus — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Estonian: kahekõne — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Finnish: dialogi — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Finnish: vuoropuhelu — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• French: dialogue — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• French: conversation — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Galician: diálogo — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Georgian: დიალოგი (dialogi) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Georgian: საუბარი (saubari) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• German: Dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• German: Gespräch — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Greek: διάλογος (diálogos) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Greek: συνομιλία (synomilía) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Ancient Greek: διάλογος (diálogos) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Gujarati: સંવાદ (sãvād) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Hebrew: דּוּ שִׂיחַ (du-syakh) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Hebrew: שִׂיחָה (sikha) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Hindi: बातचीत (bātcīt) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Hindi: गुफ़्तगू (guftagū) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Hindi: गुफ्तगू (guphtagū) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Hindi: बात (bāt) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Hindi: सुहबत (suhbat) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Hindi: संभाषण (sambhāṣaṇ) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Hindi: संवाद (samvād) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Hungarian: párbeszéd — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Hungarian: beszélgetés — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Hungarian: társalgás — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Icelandic: samtal — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Indonesian: dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Indonesian: percakapan — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Italian: dialogo — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Italian: conversazione — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Italian: discorso — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Japanese: 対談 (taidan) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Japanese: 対話 (taiwa) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Kashubian: rozgòwôr — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Kazakh: сөйлесім (söilesım) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Kazakh: диалог (dialog) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Kazakh: сұхбат (sūxbat) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Kazakh: үнқатысу (ünqatysu) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Korean: 대화 (daehwa) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Korean: 회화 (hoehwa) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Kyrgyz: сүйлөшүү (süylöşüü) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Kyrgyz: диалог (dialog) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Lao: ການສົນທະນາ (kān son tha nā) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Latin: colloquium — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Latin: sermō — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Latvian: dialogs — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Latvian: saruna — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Lithuanian: dialogas — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Lithuanian: pokalbis — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Macedonian: дијалог (dijalog) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Macedonian: разговор (razgovor) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Malay: dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Malay: perbualan — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Malay: percakapan — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Malayalam: സംഭാഷണം (sambhāṣaṇaṁ) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Māori: whakawhitinga kōrero — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Mongolian: яриа (jaria) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Mongolian: үг (üg) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Norwegian Bokmål: dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Norwegian Bokmål: samtale — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Norwegian Bokmål: konversasjon — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Norwegian Nynorsk: samtale — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Norwegian Nynorsk: konversasjon — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Pashto: سکالو (skāló) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Iranian Persian: گُفْتُگو (goftogu) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Iranian Persian: گُفْتِگو (goftegu) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Iranian Persian: گُفْتْگو (goftgu) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Iranian Persian: گُفْتُگویْ (goftoguy) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Iranian Persian: گُفْتِگویْ (gofteguy) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Iranian Persian: گُفْتْگویْ (goftguy) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Iranian Persian: صُحْبَت (sohbat) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Iranian Persian: بَحْث (bahs) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Iranian Persian: مُکالِمِه (mokâleme) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Iranian Persian: مُحادِثِه (mohâdese) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Iranian Persian: مُذاکِرِه (mozâkere) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Polish: dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Polish: rozmowa — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Polish: konwersacja — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Portuguese: diálogo — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Portuguese: conversa — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Portuguese: conversação — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Romanian: dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Romanian: conversație — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Russian: диало́г (dialóg) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Russian: разгово́р (razgovór) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Russian: бесе́да (beséda) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Northern Sami: ságastallan — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Northern Sami: dialoga — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhradh — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Scottish Gaelic: seanchas — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Scottish Gaelic: agallamh — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Serbo-Croatian: дија̀лог — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̏згово̄р — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Serbo-Croatian: dijàlog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Serbo-Croatian: rȁzgovōr — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Slovak: dialóg — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Slovak: rozhovor — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Slovak: konverzácia — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Slovene: dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Slovene: pogovor — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Spanish: diálogo — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Spanish: conversación — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Swedish: dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Swedish: samtal — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Swedish: konversation — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Tagalog: dalwausap — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Tajik: муколама (mukolama) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Tajik: гуфтугӯ (guftugü) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Tajik: сӯхбат (süxbat) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Tamil: உரையாடல் (uraiyāṭal) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Tatar: диалог (diyaloğ) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Telugu: సంభాషణ (sambhāṣaṇa) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Thai: การสนทนา (gaan-sǒn-tá-naa) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Thai: บทพูด — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Tok Pisin: toktok — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Turkish: diyalog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Turkish: sohbet — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Turkish: konuşma — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Ottoman Turkish: صحبت (sohbet) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Ottoman Turkish: محبت (muhabbet) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Ottoman Turkish: لقردی (lakırdı) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Turkmen: gürrüň — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Turkmen: söhbet — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Turkmen: dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Ukrainian: діало́г (dialóh) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Ukrainian: розмо́ва (rozmóva) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Ukrainian: бе́сіда (bésida) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Urdu: بات چِیت (bāt cīt) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Urdu: گُفْتگُو (guftgū) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Urdu: گُفْتَگُو (guftagū) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Urdu: مُکالَمَہ (mukālama) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Urdu: صُحْبَت (suhbat) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Urdu: بَحْث (bahs) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Urdu: مُحادَثَہ (muhādasa) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Urdu: مُذاکَرَہ (muzākara) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Uyghur: دىئالوگ (di'alog) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Uyghur: سۆھبەت (söhbet) — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Uzbek: suhbat — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Uzbek: mukolama — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Uzbek: dialog — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Vietnamese: (cuộc) đối thoại — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Vietnamese: sự hội thoại — conversation or other discourse between individuals
• Arabic: حِوَار (ḥiwār) — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Armenian: երկխոսություն (erkxosutʻyun) — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Bulgarian: диало́г (dialóg) — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Chinese Mandarin: 對白 /对白 (duìbái) — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Czech: dialog — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Czech: replika — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Dutch: dialoog — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Finnish: vuoropuhelu — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Hungarian: párbeszéd — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Japanese: 対話 (taiwa) — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Norwegian Bokmål: dialog — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dialog — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Persian: دیالوگ (diyâlog) — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Portuguese: diálogo — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Russian: диало́г (dialóg) — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhradh — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Serbo-Croatian: dijàlog — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Swedish: dialog — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Telugu: డైలాగ్ (ḍailāg) — verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
• Armenian: երկխոսություն (erkxosutʻyun) — literary form resembling a conversation
• Bulgarian: диало́г (dialóg) — literary form resembling a conversation
• Czech: dialog — literary form resembling a conversation
• Dutch: dialoog — literary form resembling a conversation
• Estonian: dialoog — literary form resembling a conversation
• Finnish: dialogi — literary form resembling a conversation
• Ancient Greek: διάλογος (diálogos) — literary form resembling a conversation
• Hungarian: dialógus — literary form resembling a conversation
• Japanese: 対話形式 (taiwakeishiki) — literary form resembling a conversation
• Latin: diverbium — literary form resembling a conversation
• Norwegian Bokmål: dialog — literary form resembling a conversation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dialog — literary form resembling a conversation
• Portuguese: diálogo — literary form resembling a conversation
• Russian: диало́г (dialóg) — literary form resembling a conversation
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhradh — literary form resembling a conversation
• Serbo-Croatian: dijàlog — literary form resembling a conversation
• Swedish: dialog — literary form resembling a conversation
• Thai: บทสนทนา — literary form resembling a conversation
• Armenian: երկխոսել (erkxosel) — discuss
• Bulgarian: разговарям (razgovarjam) — discuss
• Catalan: dialogar — discuss
• Dutch: dialogeren — discuss
• Dutch: discussiëren — discuss
• Dutch: kortsluiten — discuss
• French: dialoguer — discuss
• German: diskutieren — discuss
• German: sich unterhalten — discuss
• German: sich aussprechen — discuss
• German: sich austauschen — discuss
• German: verhandeln — discuss
• German: eine offene Aussprache führen — discuss
• German: einen Dialog führen — discuss
• German: Zwiesprache halten — discuss
• Ligurian: dialogâ — discuss
• Portuguese: dialogar — discuss
• Romanian: dialoga — discuss
• Spanish: dialogar — discuss