dialog
English
editEtymology
editVariant of dialogue.
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editNoun
editdialog (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 […]
- (sometimes proscribed) US spelling of dialogue.
- 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).
- 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
editSome style guides suggest limiting dialog to computing contexts, leaving dialogue for literary contexts.[1][2][3]
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Verb
editdialog (third-person singular simple present dialogs, present participle dialoging, simple past and past participle dialoged)
Translations
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edit- ^ Brewer, Robert Lee (2020 December 14) “Dialog vs. Dialogue (Grammar Rules)”, in Writer's Digest[1]
- ^ Gina (2023 January 24) “Dialogue vs. Dialog—Spelling in British & American English”, in Insights by LanguageTool[2]: “Keep in mind that in American English, dialogue is the preferred spelling when referring to a conversation. However, dialog is an acceptable spelling, regardless of the context. Using dialogue or dialog is often a stylistic choice that depends on the style guide you’re following.”
- ^ “Dialog vs. Dialogue: What’s the Difference?”, in Writing Explained[3], 2015 November 12
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editCzech
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editNoun
editdialog m inan
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edit- See logos
Further reading
edit- “dialog”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “dialog”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom dia- + -log, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdialog c (singular definite dialogen, plural indefinite dialoger)
Declension
editcommon gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | dialog | dialogen | dialoger | dialogerne |
genitive | dialogs | dialogens | dialogers | dialogernes |
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edit- “dialog” in Den Danske Ordbog
Indonesian
editNoun
editdialog (plural dialog-dialog)
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French dialogue, from Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdialog (plural dialogges)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “dīalō̆g, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-20.
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editdia- + -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
editdialog m (definite singular dialogen, indefinite plural dialoger, definite plural dialogene)
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edit- “dialog” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editdia- + -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
editdialog m (definite singular dialogen, indefinite plural dialogar, definite plural dialogane)
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edit- “dialog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
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editNoun
editdialog m inan
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editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French dialogue.
Noun
editdialog n (plural dialoguri)
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editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | dialog | dialogul | dialoge | dialogele | |
genitive-dative | dialog | dialogului | dialoge | dialogelor | |
vocative | dialogule | dialogelor |
Swedish
editEtymology
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editAudio: (file)
Noun
editdialog c
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editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | dialog | dialogs |
definite | dialogen | dialogens | |
plural | indefinite | dialoger | dialogers |
definite | dialogerna | dialogernas |
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