NODE / 0466attestedMiddle English

dialoge

a literary work representing conversation

DATE: Middle English, circa 1200 onward
SENSE: represented conversation
FAMILY: Indo-European / West Germanic
CANONICAL KEY: node:2:dialoge:attested:sense:represented-conversation

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Anglo-French · Anglo-French period · conversation

dialogue

conversation or a work in conversational form

SOUND: Middle English adopts Anglo-French dialogue / dialoge with English spelling and pronunciation.
MEANING: A represented conversation remains the central meaning.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Dialogue — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsEtymology: Middle English from Anglo-French

Documents the medieval French transmission.

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Present-Day English · 13th century–today · conversation exchange

dialogue

conversation, represented speech, or exchange of ideas

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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Middle Englishdialoge→Present-Day English · 13th century–todaydialogueconversation, represented speech, or exchange of ideas

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.

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Dialogue — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Word History and First Known Use ↗Dialogue — Origin and history · Headword chronology and semantic development ↗

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