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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /tʃæt/
Audio (US)^{help, file}
- Rhymes: -æt

[edit] Etymology 1

Abbreviation of chatter.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to chat

Third person singular
chats

Simple past
chatted

Past participle
chatted

Present participle
chatting

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

To be engaged in informal conversation.
To talk more than a few words.
To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.

[edit] Translations

to be engaged in informal conversation

Bulgarian: бъбря bg(bg)
Catalan: xerrar ca(ca)
Finnish: jutella fi(fi), rupatella fi(fi)
German: (formal) sich unterhalten de(de), (informal) plaudern de(de), (dialectal) schwatzen de(de), klönen de(de)

Russian: разговаривать ru(ru) (razgovárivat') (impf.), болтать ru(ru) (boltát') (impf.)
Spanish: charlar es(es), platicar es(es)
Turkish: sohbet tr(tr), kasavan tr(tr)

to talk more than a few words

Bulgarian: разговарям bg(bg)
Finnish: puhella fi(fi)

German: sich unterhalten de(de), plaudern de(de), schwatzen de(de), klönen de(de)

to converse on a talk show

Catalan: xatejar ca(ca)
Finnish: keskustella fi(fi)

German: sich unterhalten de(de)
Turkish: kasavan tr(tr), sohbet tr(tr)

to exchange messages in real time

Bulgarian: чатя bg(bg)
Finnish: tsättäillä fi(fi), chatata fi(fi)

German: sich chatten de(de)
Russian: чатиться ru(ru) (čátit's'a) (impf.)

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

[edit] Noun

Singular
chat

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural chats

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.
(British, slang) A louse.

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[edit] Translations

informal conversation

Finnish: juttelu fi(fi), rupattelu fi(fi)
German: Schwatz de(de) m., Geplauder de(de) n.

Greek: κουβεντούλα el(el) (kouventoula) f.
Russian: болтовня ru(ru) (boltovn'á) f.

conversation to stop an argument or settle situations

Finnish: keskustelu fi(fi)

German: Gespräch de(de) n.

exchange of text or voice messages in real time

Arabic: دردشة ar(ar) (dardasha(t)) f.
Bulgarian: чат bg(bg) m.
Finnish: tsätti fi(fi), chatti fi(fi)

German: Chat de(de) m.
Russian: чат ru(ru) (čat) m.

conversation on a talk show

Finnish: keskustelu fi(fi)

German: Gespräch de(de) n.

bird in the subfamily Saxicolini

German: Schmätzer de(de) f.

Russian: чекан ru(ru) (č'ekán) m.

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Translations to be checked

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

[edit] Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

[edit] Noun

Singular
chat

Plural
chats

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.

[edit] Translations

mining waste

Finnish: rikastusjäte fi(fi)

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[edit] Number

chat

seven. → 七

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Late Latin cattus.

[edit] Pronunciation

audio^{help, file}
IPA: /ʃa/

[edit] Noun

chat m. (plural chats)

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

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: [xat̪ˠ]

[edit] Noun

chat

Mutated form of cat.

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

chat m. inv.

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

chat f. inv.

chat (informal conversation via computer)

chat

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[edit] Etymology 2

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