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trialogue

/ˈtɹaɪəlɒɡ/US/ˈtɹaɪəˌlɔɡ/

trialogue noun: a conversation or talk between three people.

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Noun

trialogue (plural trialogues)

  1. (uncommon) A conversation or talk between three people.
    • Only for a short while was he kept waiting. The trialogue came to a close, followed by a brief interval of silence—at the end of which the canoe once more made its appearance upon the open water of the lagoon.1862, Thomas Mayne Reid, The Maroon
    • If you knew how happy it made me that, whenever she interrupted his monopoly of you, instead of making a trialogue with them, you never failed to turn to me!1897, Paul Leicester Ford, The Story of an Untold Love, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co.
  2. (European-Union) An informal tripartite meeting attended by representatives of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission.

trialogue meaning in Vietnamese

trialogue in Vietnamese

discourse or colloquy by three people
đối thoại ba người

Forms of trialogue

pluraltrialogues
alternative UStrialog
alternative formtrilogue

Origin of trialogue

From tri- + -alogue, formed on the analogy of dialogue, where the first syllable is interpreted as di-. Compare Medieval Latin trialogus. Note that official documents of the European Union use the spelling trilogue (perhaps influenced by the French spelling).

Questions about trialogue

What does trialogue mean?
Trialogue means a conversation or talk between three people.
What is trialogue in Vietnamese?
Trialogue in Vietnamese is đối thoại ba người. See Trialogue meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is trialogue?
Trialogue is a noun.
How do you pronounce trialogue?
Trialogue is pronounced /ˈtɹaɪəlɒɡ/ (UK).
What is the plural of trialogue?
The plural of trialogue is trialogues.

Words near trialogue in the dictionary

  1. triallist
  2. triallists
  3. triallyl
  4. trialog
  5. trialogs
  6. trialogue
  7. trialogues
  8. trials
  9. trials and errors
  10. trials and tribulations
  11. trials by combat

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