chat

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1 English
2 Cantonese
3 Dutch
4 French
- 4.1 Etymology 1
- 4.2 Etymology 2
  - 4.2.1 Pronunciation
  - 4.2.2 Noun
    - 4.2.2.1 Synonyms
    - 4.2.2.2 Derived terms
5 Irish
- 5.1 Pronunciation
- 5.2 Noun
6 Italian
- 6.1 Etymology 1
  - 6.1.1 Pronunciation
  - 6.1.2 Noun
    - 6.1.2.1 Derived terms
    - 6.1.2.2 See also
- 6.2 Etymology 2
  - 6.2.1 Pronunciation
  - 6.2.2 Noun
    - 6.2.2.1 Synonyms
7 Middle French
- 7.1 Etymology
- 7.2 Noun
  - 7.2.1 Descendants
8 Old French
- 8.1 Etymology
- 8.2 Noun
  - 8.2.1 Descendants

[edit] English

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Chat

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /tʃæt/
Audio (US)

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Rhymes: -æt

[edit] Etymology 1

Abbreviation of chatter.

This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this word, please add it to the page as described here.
Particularly: “bird and louse also from chatter??”

[edit] Verb

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

Two people chatting. (1) (2)

To be engaged in informal conversation.

She chatted with her friend in the cafe.

I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.
To talk more than a few words.

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

[edit] Translations

be engaged in informal conversation

Bulgarian: бъбря (bg)
Catalan: xerrar (ca)
Danish: snakke (da), sludre (da)
Dutch: kletsen (nl), babbelen (nl)
Finnish: jutella (fi), rupatella (fi), turista (fi), horista (fi), lörpötellä (fi)
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)
Turkish: sohbet (tr), kasavan (tr)

talk more than a few words

Bulgarian: разговарям (bg)
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)
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)

[edit] Noun

chat (countable and uncountable; plural chats)

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

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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.
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.
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.
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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Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: чат (bg)
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)

[edit] Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

[edit] Noun

chat (plural chats)

(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.

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mining waste

Finnish: rikastusjäte (fi)

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ACTH, Cath, cath, tach

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Chinese *snʲit, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *snʲəs 'seven'.

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chat (Han spelling 七)

seven

[edit] Dutch

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IPA: /tʃɛt/

[edit] Etymology

From English.

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chat m. (plural chats, diminutive chatje)

chat (online conversation)
chat (online conversation platform)

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chatten

[edit] Verb

chat

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

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acht

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology 1

From Late Late Latin cattus.

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audio

(file)
IPA: /ʃa/, /ʃɑ/

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chat m. (plural chats)

cat (feline)
(male) cat, tom, tomcat
tag, tig (children’s game)

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English chat

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IPA: /tʃat/

[edit] Noun

chat m. (plural chats)

(Internet) chat (online discussion)

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tchat

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[edit] Irish

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IPA: /xat̪ˠ/

[edit] Noun

chat m.

Mutated form of cat.

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology 1

From English.

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /tʃɛt/, /tʃat/, SAMPA: /tSEt/, /tSat/

[edit] Noun

chat f. inv.

chat (informal conversation via computer)

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chattare

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chiacchierata

[edit] Etymology 2

From Somali.

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IPA: /kat/, SAMPA: /kat/

[edit] Noun

chat m. inv.

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

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khat

[edit] Middle French

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Late Latin cattus

[edit] Noun

chat m. (plural chats, feminine singular chatte, feminine plural chattes)

cat (animal)

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French: chat

[edit] Old French

[edit] Etymology

Late Latin cattus

[edit] Noun

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

cat (animal)

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French: chat

chat

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