chat

See also chặt

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃæt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of chatter.

Verb

chat (third-person singular simple present chats, present participle chatting, simple past and past participle chatted)

Two people chatting. (1) (2)

1. To be engaged in informal conversation.

   She chatted with her friend in the cafe.

   I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.

2. To talk more than a few words.

   I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.

3. To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.

   Do you want to chat online later?

Translations

be engaged in informal conversation

• Bulgarian: бъбря (bg) (bǎbrja)
• Catalan: xerrar (ca)
• Czech: povídat (cs)
• Danish: snakke (da), sludre (da)
• Dutch: kletsen (nl), babbelen (nl)
• Finnish: jutella (fi), rupatella (fi), turista (fi), horista (fi), lörpötellä (fi)
• French: jaser (fr), placoter (fr), bavarder (fr)
• German: (formal) sich unterhalten (de), (informal) plaudern (de), (dialectal) schwatzen (de), klönen (de)
• Greek: ψιλοκουβεντιάζω (el) (psilokouventiázo) , συνομιλώ (el) (synomiló) 

• Latin: fabulor (la)
• Maltese: tpaċpiċ (mt)
• Persian: گپيدن (fa) (gapidan)
• Russian: разговаривать (ru) (razgovárivat')  impf., болтать (ru) (boltát')  impf.
• Sichuan Yi: ꌧꈿ (syp mgep)
• Spanish: charlar (es), platicar (es)
• Swedish: småprata (sv), konversera (sv), tjatta (sv), snacka (sv)
• Thai: คุยกัน (th) (kui-gan)
• Turkish: sohbet (tr), kasavan (tr)

talk more than a few words

• Bulgarian: разговарям (bg) (razgovarjam)
• Dutch: kletsen (nl), babbelen (nl)
• Finnish: puhella (fi)
• German: sich unterhalten (de), plaudern (de), schwatzen (de), klönen (de)

• Greek: ψιλοκουβεντιάζω (el) (psilokouventiázo) , συνομιλώ (el) (synomiló) 
• Latin: fabulor (la)
• Persian: گپيدن (fa) (gapidan)
• Swedish: prata (sv)

exchange messages in real time

• Bulgarian: чатя (bg) (čatja)
• Danish: chatte (da)
• Dutch: chatten (nl)
• Finnish: tsättäillä (fi), chatata (fi)
• German: chatten (de)
• Greek: τηλεσυνδιασκέπτομαι (el) (tilesyndiasképtomai) 

• Latin: fabulor (la)
• Norwegian: chatte (no)
• Persian: گپيدن (fa) (gapidan)
• Russian: чатиться (ru) (čátit's'a)  impf.
• Swedish: chatta (sv)

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• French: discuter (fr), converser (fr) (1, 3); clavarder (fr), chatter (fr) (4), bavarder
• Guaraní: mongeta (interlocutor explicit) (1); ñemongeta (interlocutor implicit) (1); ñomongeta (to each other) (1)
• Interlingua: conversar (ia), confabular (ia) (1); chattar (ia) (4)
• Portuguese: conversar (pt), bater papo (pt), charlar (pt) (1); bater papo (pt), conversar (pt) por chat (4)
• Romanian: conversa (ro), discuta (ro)
• Spanish: platicar (es), charlar (es); (Internet) chatear (es)
• Tupinambá: mongetá (interlocutor explicit) (1); nhemongetá (interlocutor implicit) (1); nhomongetá (to each other) (1)

Noun

chat (countable and uncountable; plural chats)

1. (uncountable) Informal conversation.
2. A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations.
3. An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
4. Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the subfamily Saxicolini that feed on insects.
5. (UK, slang) A louse.
6. small potatoes, such as are given to swine
7. Alternative form of chaat.

Derived terms

• backchat
• chatroom
• chat up
• stonechat
• whinchat

Translations

informal conversation

• Arabic: محادثة (ar) (muhadatha'á) f
• Azeri: söhbət (az)
• Dutch: gebabbel (nl) n, geklets (nl) n, kletspraat (nl) m
• Finnish: juttelu (fi), rupattelu (fi)
• German: Schwatz (de) m, Geplauder (de) n
• Greek: κουβεντούλα (el) (kouventoúla) f ,, ψιλοκουβέντα (el) (psilokouvénta) f 
• Italian: chiacchiera (it) f
• Japanese: おしゃべり (ja) (oshaberi)
• Norwegian: prat (no) m

  Bokmål: samtale (no) m

  Nynorsk: samtale (nn) m and f

• Russian: болтовня (ru) (boltovn'á) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: seanchas (gd) m
• Spanish: charla (es) f
• Swedish: småprat (sv), konversation (sv)
• Turkish: konuşma (tr), sohbet (tr)

conversation to stop an argument or settle situations

• Dutch: gesprek (nl) n, babbel (nl) m
• Finnish: keskustelu (fi)
• German: Gespräch (de) n

• Norwegian: prat (no) m
• Swedish: samtal (sv)

exchange of text or voice messages in real time

• Arabic: دردشة (ar) (dardasha(t)) f
• Bulgarian: чат (bg) m (čat)
• Catalan: xat (ca) m
• Dutch: chat (nl) c
• Finnish: tsätti (fi), chatti (fi)
• German: Chat (de) m

• Greek: τηλεσυνδιάσκεψη (el) (tilesyndiáskepsi) f 
• Japanese: チャット (ja) (chatto)
• Norwegian: chat (no) m
• Russian: чат (ru) (čat) m 
• Swedish: tjatt (sv)

bird in the subfamily Saxicolini

• Dutch: tapuit (nl) m
• German: Schmätzer (de) f

• Greek: ικτερίς (el) (ikterís) f 
• Russian: чекан (ru) (č'ekán) m 

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• Bulgarian: чат (bg) (čat)
• Guaraní: ñomongeta (1)
• Interlingua: conversation (ia), confabulation (ia) (1); chat (2)
• French: discussion (fr) (1,3); clavardage (fr), chat (3)
• Portuguese: conversa (pt), bate-papo (pt) (1);
• Romanian: conversație (ro) f, discuție (ro) f
• Spanish: charla (es) f
• Tupinambá: nhomongetá (1)

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

chat (plural chats)

1. (mining, local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 441:

     Frank had been looking at calcite crystals for a while now [...] among the chats or zinc tailings of the Lake County mines, down here in the silver lodes of the Vita Madre and so forth.

Translations

mining waste

• Finnish: rikastusjäte (fi)

Anagrams

• ACTH, Cath, cath, tach

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃɛt/

Etymology

From English.

Noun

chat m (plural chats, diminutive chatje)

1. chat (online conversation)
2. chat (online conversation platform)

Derived terms

• chatten

Verb

chat

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of chatten
2. imperative of chatten

Anagrams

• acht

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French

Etymology 1

From Late Late Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

• audio

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• IPA: /ʃa/, /ʃɑ/

Noun

chat m (plural chats)

1. cat (feline)
2. (male) cat, tom, tomcat
3. tag, tig (children’s game)

Related terms

Related terms

cataire, chataire chat-huant chatière chaton chatonner chatte chattemite

chatterie chat-tigre

Derived terms

• chat échaudé craint l'eau froide
• donner sa langue au chat
• quand le chat n'est pas là, les souris dansent

See also

• chatte
• haret
• matou
• minet
• minou
• mistigri

Etymology 2

English chat

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃat/

Noun

chat m (plural chats)

1. (Internet) chat (online discussion)

Synonyms

• tchat

Derived terms

• chatter
• chater
• chatteur
• chateur

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Iban

Etymology

From Min Nan 漆 (chhat), from Middle Chinese 漆 (tsit).

Noun

chat

1. paint (substance)

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /xat̪ˠ/

Noun

chat m

1. Mutated form of cat.

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Italian

Etymology 1

From English.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃɛt/, /tʃat/, X-SAMPA: /tSEt/, /tSat/

Noun

chat f (invariable)

1. chat (informal conversation via computer)

Derived terms

• chattare

See also

• chiacchierata

Etymology 2

From Somali.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kat/, X-SAMPA: /kat/

Noun

chat m (invariable)

1. chat (leaf chewed by people in North Africa and the Middle East)

Synonyms

• khat

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Middle French

Etymology

Late Latin cattus

Noun

chat m (plural chats or chatz, feminine singular chatte, feminine plural chattes)

1. cat (animal)

Descendants

• French: chat

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Old French

Etymology

Late Latin cattus

Noun

chat m (oblique plural chats, nominative singular chats, nominative plural chat)

1. cat (animal)

Descendants

• French: chat