NODE / 0465attestedPresent-Day English

dialogue

PRONUNCIATION /ˈdaɪəˌlɒɡ/

conversation, represented speech, or exchange of ideas

DATE: 13th century–today
SENSE: conversation exchange
FAMILY: Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY: node:1:dialogue:attested:sense:conversation-exchange

Merriam-Webster dates the noun to the thirteenth century; Etymonline gives circa 1200.

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Middle English · Middle English, circa 1200 onward · represented conversation

dialoge

a literary work representing conversation

SOUND: Middle English dialoge develops the modern -ue spelling and later English pronunciation.
MEANING: The literary conversation sense broadens to ordinary exchange, dramatic speech, and institutional discussion.
CHRONOLOGY: English evidence begins around 1200 or in the thirteenth century.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster · Etymonline editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Dialogue — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsWord History and First Known Use

Documents the Middle English form, modern continuation, and thirteenth-century horizon.

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Dialogue — Origin and historysupportsHeadword chronology and semantic development

Dates the noun to circa 1200 and the conversational extension by circa 1400.

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SOURCE-REPORTEDlexicographic first useestablished

13th century

Merriam-Webster source-reported English record

English dialogue in the literary-conversation sense.

dialogue dossier · recorded as dialogue

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01dialoguedialogue · established