Monologue

Definition: Monologue

Monologue

Noun

1. Speech you make to yourself.

2. A long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation).

3. A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "monologue" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Etymology: Monologue \Mon"o*logue\, noun. [French expression monologue, Greek speaking alone; mo`nos alone, single, sole speech, discourse, to speak. See Legend.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Monologue

Soliloquy

Noun: soliloquy, monologue, apostrophe; monology.

The Drama

Play, drama, stage play, piece, five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta, lever de rideau, interlude, afterpiece, exode, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta, harlequinade, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe, ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame; melodrama, melodrame; comidie larmoyante, sensation drama; tragicomedy, farcical-comedy; monodrame monologue;duologue trilogy; charade, proverbs; mystery, miracle play; musical, musical comedy.

Crosswords: Monologue

French (monologue, soliloquy).

Monologue (1973)

Un monologue Nord-Sud (1982)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Complete Works: Old Times, No Man's Land, Betrayal, Monologue, Family Voices (reference)

• Magnificent Monologues for Teens: The Teens' Monologue Source for Every Occasion (Hollywood 101, 4) (reference)

• Street Talk: Character Monologues for Actors (Monologue Audition Series) (reference)

• The Cancer Monologue Project (reference)

• The Monologue Audition: A Practical Guide for Actors (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Monologue (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Unemployment/ monologue. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

There were contractions of his brows, and abrupt openings of his right hand, as if he were replying to the last counsels of a dark interior monologue.

Stephen sat on a footstool beside his father listening to a long and incoherent monologue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "monologue": directed monologue ♦ interior monologue ♦ monologue interaction ♦ monologue RTS association. Additional references.

Ending with "monologue": interior-monologue.

Afrikaans

alleenspraak (soliloquy). (various references)

Albanian

monolog (soliloquy). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مونولوج (soliloquy), ‏مشهد مسرحي يؤديه ممثل واحد, ‏حديث أو مناجاة فردية. (various references)

Bulgarian 

монолог (soliloquy). (various references)

Chinese 

独白. (various references)

Czech

monolog (soliloquy, speech). (various references)

Danish

monolog RTS-forbindelse (monolog interaction, monolog RTS association, monologue interaction, monologue RTS association), monolog interaktion (monolog interaction, monolog RTS association, monologue interaction, monologue RTS association), envejs RTS-forbindelse (monolog interaction, monolog RTS association, monologue interaction, monologue RTS association). (various references)

Dutch

monoloog (soliloquy), alleenspraak (soliloquy). (various references)

Esperanto

monologo (soliloquy). (various references)

Farsi 

تک سخنگوءی(monolog), صحبت یک نفری . (various references)

Finnish

monologi, yksinpuhelu (soliloquy). (various references)

French

monologue. (various references)

Frisian

allinnespraak (soliloquy). (various references)

German

Monolog (soliloquy), Rede (address, conversation, language, oration, rumor, rumour, speech, talk, words). (various references)

Greek 

μονόλογοσ (soliloquy). (various references)

Hebrew 

מו� ולו�' (soliloquy), ח�" שיח (soliloquy). (various references)

Hungarian

monológ (monolog, soliloquy), magánbeszéd (monolog, soliloquy). (various references)

Italian

monologo (monolog, soliloquy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

独語 (soliloquy), 独白 (soliloquy, talking to oneself), モノカルボン酸 (dag coating containing molybdenum, mobile, mohair, Mohawk, Mohawk haircut, molybdenum, moment, momism, monaural, monaural record, monocarboxylic acid, monochrome, monoclonal, mono-fluorine, monogram, monograph, monographie, monolock, monomania, monomaniac, monomer, monopolize, monopoly, monorail, monosexual, monotone, monotype, moped, moral hazard, moral majority, moral pollution, moral risk, moral sense, moral support, morale, morale survey, moralist, morality, moratorium, Morris dance, person fond of using a mobile phone, unisex). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

モノローグ , どく�" (after reading a book, soliloquy), どくはく (soliloquy, talking to oneself). (various references)

Korean 

모놀로그. (various references)

Pig Latin

onologuemay

Portuguese

monólogo (monolog). (various references)

Romanian

monolog (soliloquium, soliloquy). (various references)

Russian 

монолог (soliloquies, soliloquy). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

monolog (soliloquy). (various references)

Spanish

monólogo (monolog, soliloquy). (various references)

Swedish

monolog (soliloquy). (various references)

Turkish

monolog (soliloquy). (various references)

Ukrainian

монолог (soliloquium, soliloquy). (various references)

Vietnamese 

độc bạch. (various references)

monos. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "monologue": monologues. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Monologue" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: monalogue, monologuing, monolouge, Ouologuem. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: monolog.

-3 letters: lounge, mongoe, mongol, oolong.

-4 letters: genom, gloom, glume, gluon, gnome, golem, lemon, longe, lumen, lunge, melon, mogul, mongo, mungo, oleum.

-5 letters: enol, genu, geum, glen, glom, glue, glum, gone, goon, leno, loge, logo, lone, long, loom, loon, luge, lune, lung, meno, menu, meou, mole, mono, mool, moon, moue, mule, muon, neum, noel.

+1 letter: monologues.

+4 letters: homogeneously, prolegomenous.

+5 letters: osmoregulation.