different between monologue vs prologue

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

Alternative forms

• prolog

Etymology

From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (prólogos).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p???l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?o?l??/, /?p?o?l??/

Noun

prologue (plural prologues)

1. A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.

   Synonyms: forespeech; see also Thesaurus:foreword

   Antonyms: epilogue; see also Thesaurus:afterword
2. One who delivers a prologue.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida:

     And hither am I come, / A Prologue armed, but not in confidence / Of author's pen or actor's voice,

3. (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
4. (cycling) An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.

Derived terms

• prologuize

Translations

Verb

prologue (third-person singular simple present prologues, present participle prologuing, simple past and past participle prologued)

1. To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “prologue”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Pronunciation

Noun

prologue m (plural prologues)

1. prologue

Spanish

Verb

prologue

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