monologue

== English == === Alternative forms === monolog (US) === Etymology === First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos). By surface analysis, mono- +‎ -logue. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒnəlɒɡ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑnəˌlɔɡ/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈmɑnəˌlɑɡ/ === Noun === monologue (plural monologues) (drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters. Synonym: soliloquy (comedy) A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment. A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation. Coordinate term: dialogue ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === monologue (third-person singular simple present monologues, present participle monologuing, simple past and past participle monologued) To deliver a monologue. Synonym: monologize ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Modeled on dialogue, from Middle French monologue, from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɔ.nɔ.lɔɡ/ === Noun === monologue m (plural monologues) monologue ==== Descendants ==== → Azerbaijani: monoloq → Dutch: monoloogAfrikaans: monoloog → German: Monolog → Italian: monologo → Macedonian: монолог (monolog) → Russian: моноло́г (monológ)→ Kazakh: монолог (monolog) → Portuguese: monólogo → Romanian: monolog → Spanish: monólogo → Turkish: monolog → Ukrainian: моноло́г (monolóh) === Verb === monologue inflection of monologuer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “monologue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos). === Noun === monologue m (plural monologues) soliloquy; monologue ==== Descendants ==== French: monologue→ Azerbaijani: monoloq→ Dutch: monoloogAfrikaans: monoloog→ German: Monolog→ Italian: monologo→ Macedonian: монолог (monolog)→ Russian: моноло́г (monológ)→ Kazakh: монолог (monolog)→ Portuguese: monólogo→ Romanian: monolog→ Spanish: monólogo→ Turkish: monolog→ Ukrainian: моноло́г (monolóh) → English: monologue == Portuguese == === Verb === monologue inflection of monologar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === monologue inflection of monologar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative