dialog box

English

Alternative forms

• dialogue box (UK)

Etymology

Compound of dialog +‎ box.

Noun

dialog box (plural dialog boxes)

1. (computing, graphical user interface) A window that prompts the user to enter information.

   Synonyms: dialog, dialog window, message box

Translations

window that prompts the user to enter information

• Arabic: مُرَبَّع حِوَار m (murabbaʕ ḥiwār), صُنْدُوق حِوَار m (ṣundūq ḥiwār)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對話框／对话框 (zh) (duìhuàkuàng, duìhuàkuāng), 對話方塊／对话方块 (duìhuà fāngkuài)

• Finnish: valintaikkuna
• French: boîte de dialogue (fr) f
• German: Dialogfenster (de) n, Dialog (de) m, Dialogfeld n
• Hungarian: párbeszédablak (hu), (less commonly) párbeszéddoboz, párbeszédpanel, párbeszédmező
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: boête dé dgialogue f (Jersey)
• Portuguese: caixa de diálogo f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: cuadro de diálogo m
• Swedish: dialogruta c
• Vietnamese: hộp thoại
• Welsh: blwch deialog m

See also

• heavy window
• modal dialog
• modal window