different between monologue vs diatribe

English

Alternative forms

• monolog (US, noun)

Etymology

[circa 1550] From circa 1500 borrowing of Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Ancient Greek or via Byzantine Greek ????????? (monólogos, “speaking alone”).

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

• (drama): soliloquy

Antonyms

• (a monopolizing utterance): dialogue

Translations

See also

• soliloquy

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.

Synonyms

• monologize

Derived terms

• monologic / monological
• monologuist

French

Etymology

Modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Ancient Greek or via Byzantine Greek ????????? (monólogos).

Pronunciation

Noun

monologue m (plural monologues)

1. monologue

Verb

monologue

1. first-person singular present indicative of monologuer
2. third-person singular present indicative of monologuer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of monologuer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of monologuer
5. second-person singular imperative of monologuer

Further reading

• “monologue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Noun

monologue m (plural monologues)

1. soliloquy; monologue

Portuguese

Verb

monologue

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of monologar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of monologar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of monologar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of monologar

Spanish

Verb

monologue

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of monologar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of monologar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of monologar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of monologar.

English

Etymology

First attested 1581, borrowed from French diatribe, from Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (diatrib?, “way of spending time, lecture”), from ??? (diá, “through”) + ????? (tríb?, “I waste, wear out”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?.??t?a?b/

Noun

diatribe (plural diatribes)

1. An abusive, bitter, attack or criticism: denunciation.
2. A prolonged discourse.
3. A speech or writing which bitterly denounces something.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:diatribe

Derived terms

• diatribal

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (diatrib?, “way of spending time, lecture”), from ??? (diá, “through”) + ????? (tríb?, “I waste, wear out”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja.t?ib/
• Rhymes: -ib

Noun

diatribe f (plural diatribes)

1. diatribe (abusive, bitter discourse)

Descendants

• English: diatribe
• Portuguese: diatribe
• Spanish: diatriba

Further reading

• “diatribe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

diatribe f

1. plural of diatriba

Anagrams

• ibridate
• ribadite

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French diatribe.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di?a?tri?be

Noun

diatribe f (plural diatribes)

1. diatribe (bitter denunciation)

   Synonyms: catilinária, injúria

2. diatribe (prolongued discourse)