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dialog en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɖaɪ(ə)lɔɡ/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/ (UK)
  • /ˈdaɪəlɑɡ/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Variant of dialogue. Equivalent to dia- + -log or di- + -alog.

Meanings

  1. (US, alt-of, countable, uncommon, uncountable) Uncommon spelling of dialogue.
    alt of dialogue
    • 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. 2008, Jay Rose, chapter 8, in Audio Postproduction for Film and Video (Motion Pictures), Focal Press, →ISBN, page 18-:
    • The purpose of the dialog is not historical accuracy; the argument is all, as it is with Plato's Socrates. 2008, Peter Kreeft, Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death, InterVarsity Press, →ISBN, page 10:
    • As we conclude our third annual report on explaining extreme events, the dialog around the value of attribution science is intensifying (Kerr 2013). 2014, Stephanie C. Herring, Martin P. Hoerling, Thomas C. Peterson, Peter A. Stott, “Explaining Extreme Events”, in American Meteorological Society, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2015:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of dialog box.
    alt of dialog box
    • 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 […] 2002, Christopher Tacke, Timothy Bassett, Embedded Visual Basic: Windows CE and Pocket PC Mobile Applications:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dialogs Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

monolog · introspection · multilog

Deriveds

dialogist · subdialog · dialog balloon · dialogise · dialog box · dialogize · modal dialog · dialogic · dialog window · dialog tag · dialogism

Relateds

dialectical · dialogistically · dialogically · dialogue · dialectic · dialogistic · dialect · dialectically · dialogical

Translations (12)

sv dialogruta (computing: dialog box) · nl dialoogvenster (computing: dialog box) · de Dialog (computing: dialog box) · de Dialogfenster (computing: dialog box) · fi valintaikkuna (computing: dialog box) · hu párbeszédablak (computing: dialog box) · tr sorgu kutusu (computing: dialog box) · pt diálogo (computing: dialog box) · ru диало́г (computing: dialog box) · hu párbeszéd (computing: dialog box) · ru диало́говое окно́ (computing: dialog box) · fi dialogi (computing: dialog box)

dialog en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɖaɪ(ə)lɔɡ/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/ (UK)
  • /ˈdaɪəlɑɡ/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Variant of dialogue. Equivalent to dia- + -log or di- + -alog.

Meanings

  1. (US, alt-of, uncommon) Uncommon spelling of dialogue.
    alt of dialogue

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dialogs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
dialoging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dialoged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dialoged Tense=Past lexicographic