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Etymology 1

Abbreviation of chatter.

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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.
  2. To talk more than a few words.
  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(bg)
  • Catalan: xerrar ca(ca)
  • Danish: snakke da(da), sludre da(da)
  • Dutch: kletsen nl(nl), babbelen nl(nl)
  • Finnish: jutella fi(fi), rupatella fi(fi)
  • German: (formal) sich unterhalten de(de), (informal) plaudern de(de), (dialectal) schwatzen de(de), klönen de(de)
  • Greek: ψιλοκουβεντιάζω el(el) (psilokouventiázo), συνομιλώ el(el) (synomiló)
talk more than a few words
  • Greek: ψιλοκουβεντιάζω el(el) (psilokouventiázo), συνομιλώ el(el) (synomiló)
  • Persian: گپيدن fa(fa) (gapidan)
  • Swedish: prata sv(sv)
exchange messages in real time
  • Bulgarian: чатя bg(bg)
  • Danish: chatte da(da)
  • Dutch: chatten nl(nl)
  • Finnish: tsättäillä fi(fi), chatata fi(fi)
  • German: chatten de(de)
  • Greek: τηλεσυνδιασκέπτομαι el(el) (tilesyndiasképtomai)
  • Norwegian: chatte no(no)
  • Persian: گپيدن fa(fa) (gapidan)
  • Russian: чатиться ru(ru) (čátit's'a) impf.
  • Swedish: chatta sv(sv)
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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
Translations
informal conversation
  • Arabic: محادثة ar(ar) (muhadatha'á) f.
  • Azeri: söhbət az(az)
  • Dutch: gebabbel nl(nl) n., geklets nl(nl) n., kletspraat nl(nl) m.
  • Finnish: juttelu fi(fi), rupattelu fi(fi)
  • German: Schwatz de(de) m., Geplauder de(de) n.
  • Greek: κουβεντούλα el(el) (kouventoúla) f.,, ψιλοκουβέντα el(el) (psilokouvénta) f.
  • Japanese: おしゃべり ja(ja) (oshaberi)
conversation to stop an argument or settle situations
  • Norwegian: prat no(no) m.
  • Swedish: samtal sv(sv)
exchange of text or voice messages in real time
  • Arabic: دردشة ar(ar) (dardasha(t)) f.
  • Bulgarian: чат bg(bg) m.
  • Dutch: chat nl(nl) c.
  • Finnish: tsätti fi(fi), chatti fi(fi)
  • German: Chat de(de) m.
  • Greek: τηλεσυνδιάσκεψη el(el) (tilesyndiáskepsi) f.
  • Japanese: チャット ja(ja) (chatto)
  • Norwegian: chat no(no) m.
  • Russian: чат ru(ru) (čat) m.
  • Swedish: tjatt sv(sv)
bird in the subfamily Saxicolini
  • Dutch: tapuit nl(nl) m.
  • German: Schmätzer de(de) f.
  • Greek: ικτερίς el(el) (ikterís) f.
  • Russian: чекан ru(ru) (č'ekán) m.
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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(fi)

Anagrams

Cantonese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Number

chat (Han spelling 七)

  1. seven

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From English.

Noun

chat m. (plural chaten, diminutive chatje)

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

Derived terms

Verb

chat

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

Anagrams

French

Etymology 1

From Late Late Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

Noun

chat m. (plural chats)

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

English chat

Pronunciation

Noun

chat m. (plural chats)

  1. (Internet) chat (online discussion)
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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

chat m.

  1. Mutated form of cat.

Italian

Etymology 1

From English.

Pronunciation

Noun

chat f. inv.

  1. chat (informal conversation via computer)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From Somali.

Pronunciation

Noun

chat m. inv.

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

Middle French

Etymology

Late Latin cattus

Noun

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

  1. cat (animal)

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

Late Latin cattus

Noun

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

  1. cat (animal)

Descendants

 

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