trialogue

English

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Etymology

Formed irregularly from tri- + -dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).

Note that official documents of the European Union use the spelling trilogue (perhaps influenced by the French spelling).

Noun

trialogue (plural trialogues)

  1. A discourse or colloquy by three people.
  2. (European Union) An informal tripartite meeting attended by representatives of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for trialogue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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