Definitions and meaning of chat
chat
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃæt/
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- Rhymes: -æt
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call.
Verb
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.
- (transitive) To talk of; to discuss.
- (informal, slang, often as chatting) To chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).
- Don't listen to me, I'm chatting.
- To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
chat (countable and uncountable, plural chats)
- (countable, uncountable) Informal conversation.
- (countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
- Internet Relay Chat
- (Internet, uncountable, with or without "the") A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.
- (metonymically, video games) The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream.
- (by extension, nonstandard, humorous) Familiar term of address for users on social media other than a chat room, as in "guys."
- (countable) Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.
- (countable) Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Compare chit (“small piece of paper”), and chad.
Noun
chat
- A small potato, such as is given to swine.
References
Etymology 3
Unknown.
Noun
chat (plural chats)
- (mining, local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
Translations
Etymology 4
From thieves' cant.
Alternative forms
Noun
chat (plural chats)
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, World War I military slang) A louse (small, parasitic insect).
- 1977, Mary Emily Pearce, Apple Tree Lean Down, page 520:
- 'Do officers have chats, then, the same as us?'
- 'Not the same, no. The chats they got is bigger and better, with pips on their shoulders and Sam Browne belts.'
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Etymology 5
Noun
chat (plural chats)
- Alternative form of chaat
Anagrams
- ACTH, Cath, cath, cath., tach
Antillean Creole
Etymology
From French chat.
Noun
chat
- cat
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃɛt/
- Hyphenation: chat
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English chat.
Noun
chat m (plural chats, diminutive chatje n)
- chat (online conversation)
- chat (online conversation platform)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
chat
- inflection of chatten:
- first/second/third-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Anagrams
French
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle French chat, from Old French chat, from Late Latin cattus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Homophone: chats
Noun
chat m (plural chats, feminine chatte)
- cat (feline)
- (male) cat, tom, tomcat
- tag, tig (children’s game)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
See also
- haret
- matou
- minet
- minou
- mistigri
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English chat.
Pronunciation
Noun
chat m (plural chats)
- (Internet) chat (online discussion)
- Synonym: tchat
Derived terms
- chatter
- chater
- chatteur
- chateur
Further reading
- “chat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French chat, chatte.
Noun
chat
- cat
- (colloquial) thief
- pussy (genitals)
Hokkien
Iban
Etymology
From Hokkien 漆 (chhat).
Noun
chat
- paint (substance)
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
chat m
- Lenited form of cat.
Italian
Etymology 1
Unadapted borrowing from English chat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃat/
- Rhymes: -at
- Hyphenation: chàt
Noun
chat f (invariable)
- chat (informal conversation via computer)
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
From Somali [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkat/
- Rhymes: -at
- Hyphenation: chàt
Noun
chat m (invariable)
- chat (leaf chewed by people in North Africa and the Middle East)
- Synonym: khat
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from English chat.
Pronunciation
Verb
chat
- to talk about, to discuss
- Synonym: taak
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French chat, from Late Latin cattus.
Noun
chat m (plural chats or chatz, feminine singular chatte, feminine plural chattes)
- cat (animal)
Descendants
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English chat.
Pronunciation
Noun
chat m (definite singular chaten, indefinite plural chatar, definite plural chatane)
- (Internet) a chat
References
- “chat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Alternative forms
- cat, kat (Picardy, Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
From Late Latin cattus.
Pronunciation
- (classical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃat/, (northern) /ˈkat/
Noun
chat oblique singular, m (oblique plural chaz or chatz, nominative singular chaz or chatz, nominative plural chat)
- cat (animal)
Related terms
Descendants
- Middle French: chat
- Norman: cat
- Walloon: tchet
- Picard: cat
- Lorrain: tchat
Polish
Etymology 1
Unadapted borrowing from English chat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʂat/
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: chat
- Homophones: czad, Czad, czat
Noun
chat m inan (related adjective chatowy)
- (Internet) Alternative spelling of czat
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xat/
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: chat
Noun
chat f
- genitive plural of chata
Further reading
- chat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- chat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English chat.
Pronunciation
Noun
chat m (plural chats)
- (Internet) chat room
- Synonym: (chiefly Brazil) bate-papo
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English chat.
Noun
chat n (uncountable)
- chat (online)
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English chat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃat/ [ˈt͡ʃat̪]
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: chat
Noun
chat m (plural chats)
- chat (exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network)
- chat, chat room
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chat”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English chat.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃat/, [ˈt͡ʃat]
- Rhymes: -at
Noun
chat (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜆ᜔) (Internet)
- chat (exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “chat” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “chat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English chat.
Pronunciation
Noun
chat (definite accusative chati, plural chatler)
- chat (exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network)
- chat room
Declension
Derived terms
Source: wiktionary.org