"dialog box" meaning in English

See dialog box in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: dialog boxes [plural]
Etymology: Compound of dialog + box. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|dialog|box}} Compound of dialog + box Head templates: {{en-noun}} dialog box (plural dialog boxes)
  1. (computing, graphical user interface) A window that prompts the user to enter information. Categories (topical): Computing, Graphical user interface Synonyms: dialog, dialog window, message box, dialogue box [UK] Related terms: heavy window, modal dialog, modal window Translations (window that prompts the user to enter information): مُرَبَّع حِوَار (murabbaʕ ḥiwār) [masculine] (Arabic), صُنْدُوق حِوَار (ṣundūq ḥiwār) [masculine] (Arabic), 對話框 (Chinese Mandarin), 对话框 (duìhuàkuàng, duìhuàkuāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 對話方塊 (Chinese Mandarin), 对话方块 (duìhuà fāngkuài) (Chinese Mandarin), valintaikkuna (Finnish), boîte de dialogue [feminine] (French), Dialogfenster [neuter] (German), Dialog [masculine] (German), Dialogfeld [neuter] (German), párbeszédablak (Hungarian), párbeszéddoboz [uncommon] (Hungarian), párbeszédpanel (Hungarian), párbeszédmező (Hungarian), boête dé dgialogue [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), caixa de diálogo [feminine] (Portuguese), cuadro de diálogo [masculine] (Spanish), dialogruta [common-gender] (Swedish), hộp thoại (Vietnamese), blwch deialog [masculine] (Welsh)

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