Meanings
plural trialogues · alternative US trialog · alternative trilogue
- uncommonA conversation or talk between three people.
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.1 more example
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 - European UnionAn informal tripartite meeting attended by representatives of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission.
Origin
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).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian триалог, триалог
- триалог (trialog)discourse or colloquy by three people
- триалог (trialog)meeting (European Union)
Czech trialog, trialog
- trialogdiscourse or colloquy by three people
- trialogmeeting (European Union)
Dutch trialoog, trialoog
- trialoogdiscourse or colloquy by three people
- trialoogmeeting (European Union)
- triloogmeeting (European Union)
Finnish trialogi, trialogi
- trialogidiscourse or colloquy by three people
- trialogimeeting (European Union)
French trilogue, trilogue
- triloguediscourse or colloquy by three people
- triloguemeeting (European Union)
German Trilog, Trialog
- Trilogdiscourse or colloquy by three people
- Trialogdiscourse or colloquy by three people
- Trilogmeeting (European Union)
Hungarian trilógus, háromoldalú egyeztetés
- trilógusmeeting (European Union)
- háromoldalú egyeztetésmeeting (European Union)
Italian trialogo
- trialogodiscourse or colloquy by three people
Japanese 鼎談
- 鼎談 (teidan)discourse or colloquy by three people
Latin trilogus
- trilogusdiscourse or colloquy by three people
Lithuanian trišalis pokalbis, trišalis susitikimas
- trišalis pokalbisdiscourse or colloquy by three people
- trišalis susitikimasdiscourse or colloquy by three people
- trialogasmeeting (European Union)
- trišalis susitikimasmeeting (European Union)
Polish rozmowa trójstronna, rozmowa trójstronna
- rozmowa trójstronnadiscourse or colloquy by three people
- rozmowa trójstronnameeting (European Union)
Portuguese triálogo, trílogo
- triálogodiscourse or colloquy by three people
- trílogomeeting (European Union)
Romanian trilog
- trilogmeeting (European Union)
Swedish trilog, trilog
- trilogdiscourse or colloquy by three people
- trilogmeeting (European Union)
- trilogmötemeeting (European Union)
Vietnamese đối thoại ba người
- đối thoại ba ngườidiscourse or colloquy by three people
Cite this entry
trialogue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trialogue
“trialogue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trialogue. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trialogue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trialogue.
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