dialogue
French, noun
dialogue is spelled D-I-A-L-O-G-U-E (8 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 2,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dialogue is a French masculine noun meaning “dialogue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of dialoguer. With an accent, dialogué is a different word: “past participle of dialoguer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entretien entre deux ou plusieurs personnes”.
What does dialogue mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedialogue
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of dialoguer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Entretien entre deux ou plusieurs personnes. 2. Dans la langue politique ou syndicale. Discussion ouverte entre deux partis, deux groupes en vue d'établir les bases d'un accord, d'un compromis. 3. Processus par lequel on met en présence deux visions du monde pour les comparer. 4. Répliques échangées par les personnages d’une pièce de théâtre, d’un film, d’une églogue.
adjective: 1. Organisé sous forme de dialogue.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dialogue
- dialogues plural
- dialoguée feminine
- dialogués masculine plural
- dialoguées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dialogue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dialogue in French?
dialogue appears 26 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).