monologue
/ˈmɒnəlɒɡ/US/ˈmɑnəˌlɔɡ/
monologue noun: a long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
Noun
monologue (plural monologues)
Verb
monologue (third-person singular simple present monologues, present participle monologuing, simple past and past participle monologued)
- To speak in or deliver a monologue.
- 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.1989, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices
- Synonyms:
- monologize
monologue meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
monologue in Hindi
- long speech by one person
- एकालाप ekālāp, आत्मभाषण ātmabhāṣaṇ
monologue in Tamil
- தனிப்பேச்சு, தன்னுரை
monologue in Urdu
- خودکلامی, تنہا کلامی
monologue in Bengali
- স্বগতোক্তি, একক ভাষণ
More languagesFewer languages
- monologue in Malayalam
- സ്വയം ഭാഷണം, ആത്മഗതം, തന്നോടുതന്നെയുളള ഭാഷണം
- monologue in Kannada
- ಒರ್ಸೂಳು
- monologue in Tagalog
- sariusap
- monologue in Arabic
- مُونُولُوج mūnūlūg, حَدِيث النَّفْس ḥadīṯ an-nafs
- monologue in Indonesian
- monolog, swacakap, komika
- monologue in Persian
- تکگویی tak-gui, مونولوگ monolôg
- monologue in Thai
- บทพูดเดี่ยว
- monologue in Vietnamese
- độc ngữ
Examples of monologue in a sentence
- The main character delivered a soliloquacious monologue.
- Home international studies help to disturb national monologues and de-parochialise research.
- The end should always be a “snapper.” The punchline of a monologue is extremely important.
Synonyms of monologue
Forms of monologue
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | monologues |
| alternative US | monolog |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | monologues |
| present participle | monologuing |
| past participle | monologued |
| past | monologued |
Origin of monologue
First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos). By surface analysis, mono- + -logue.
Words formed from monologue
Questions about monologue
- What does monologue mean?
- Monologue means a long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
- What is monologue in Hindi?
- Monologue in Hindi is एकालाप (ekālāp), आत्मभाषण (ātmabhāṣaṇ). See Monologue meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is monologue?
- Monologue can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce monologue?
- Monologue is pronounced /ˈmɒnəlɒɡ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of monologue?
- The plural of monologue is monologues.
Words near monologue in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monologue (page history and authors); monologue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monologue (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monologue (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monologue (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monologue (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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