dialogue

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

dialogue

from Latin dialogus ("philosophical work in the manner of Plato's dialogues"), itself from Greek διάλογος dialogos ("discussion") composed of διά dia ("through") and λόγος logos ("speech") see dia- and -logue. This word, in French, is interesting for the linguist, as regards its derivation. The Greek root proposes "natural" derivatives in -logie, -logique that exist (see dialogique, dialogiser and dialogiste) but are either obsolete (the last two) or take on a new meaning with an etymological refoundation ("dialogique": which follows two logics, from dia- and logic). French appropriates the word and the suffix according to its own laws of suffixation to create dialogal, dialoguer, dialogueur (Latin suffixes or derived from Latin) or dialoguiste by applying the suffix -iste to the word, where a scholarly etymology demands -and has proposed- dialogiste.

Definitions

musique

Antonyms

monologuesoliloque

Plural

dialogues

Translations

  • germangerman:Wechselrede
  • englishenglish:dialogue
  • spanishspanish:diálogo
  • finnishfinnish:vuoropuhelu
  • hindihindi:वार्ता
  • dutchdutch:tweespraak
  • polishpolish:dialog
  • portugueseportuguese:diálogo
  • turkishturkish:konuşma

See also

dialoguiste (cn.) dialogues (v.) dialogiste (cn.) dialogueur (cn.) dialogique (adj.) dialoguer (v.) dialogisme (cn.)