monologue

See also: monologué

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos, “soliloquy, monologue”).

Pronunciation

Noun

monologue (plural monologues)

  1. (drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
  2. (comedy) A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
  3. A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.

Synonyms

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “a monopolizing utterance”): dialogue

Derived terms

Translations
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See also

Verb

monologue (third-person singular simple present monologues, present participle monologuing, simple past and past participle monologued)

  1. To deliver a monologue.
    • 1989, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices:
      Powerful parents, in her formulation, feeling themselves autonomous and powerful, give autonomy and power to their children; powerless ones, feeling themselves passive and controlled, in turn exert an excessive control on their children, and monologue at them, instead of having a dialogue with them.

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Derived terms

French

Etymology

Modeled on dialogue, from Middle French monologue, from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔ.nɔ.lɔɡ/
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Noun

monologue m (plural monologues)

  1. monologue

Descendants

Verb

monologue

  1. inflection of monologuer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos).

Noun

monologue m (plural monologues)

  1. soliloquy; monologue

Descendants

Portuguese

Verb

monologue

  1. inflection of monologar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

monologue

  1. inflection of monologar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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