chat

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæt/ Rhymes: -æt === Etymology 1 === Clipping 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. Synonyms: confab, discourse, parley; see also Thesaurus:converse To talk a while in a friendly manner. (transitive) To talk of; to discuss. Synonyms: bespeak, moot, talk about; see also Thesaurus: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 such as a social media chat room or messaging application (as if having a face-to-face conversation instead of SMS or writing emails or letters). ===== Synonyms ===== ===== 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. (metonymic, originally 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. ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Interjection ==== chat (informal, humorous, originally Twitch-speak) Used to introduce a question, to address all the other people present. Synonym: I don't suppose Chat, is this real? ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Compare chit (“small piece of paper”), and chad. ==== Noun ==== chat (plural chats) 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 ==== chatt ==== Noun ==== chat (plural chats) (UK, 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.' === 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 ===== chatgesprek chatten === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== chat inflection of chatten: first/second/third-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === acht == Franco-Provençal == === Alternative forms === chàt (ORB, narrow) === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin cattus. === Noun === chat m (plural chats) (ORB, broad) male cat Coordinate term: chata f === References === chat in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca chat in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu == French == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle French chat, from Old French chat, from Late Latin cattus. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ʃa/ (Canada) IPA(key): [ʃɑ], [ʃɔ] 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 ===== cataire ===== Descendants ===== Louisiana Creole: sha ==== See also ==== haret matou minet minou mistigri === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English chat. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /tʃat/ ==== 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃat/ === Noun === chat cat (colloquial) thief pussy (genitals) ==== Derived terms ==== chat boure chat kay chat mawon === References === Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 37 == Hokkien == == Hungarian == === Alternative forms === cset (equally correct since 2015) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English chat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛt] Rhymes: -ɛt === Noun === chat (countable and uncountable, plural chatek) chat (an exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation) Synonym: csevegés ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Iban == === Etymology === From Hokkien 漆 (chhat). === Noun === chat paint (substance) == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xat̪ˠ/ === Noun === chat m lenited form of cat === References === == 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 ===== chattare ===== See also ===== chiacchierata === 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 === IPA(key): /t͡ʃat/ === 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 ==== French: chat == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === chatt === Etymology === Borrowed from English chat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃætː/ === 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 (Picard, 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 ==== chate ==== Descendants ==== Bourguignon: chait Champenois: chait (Troyen), tait (Rémois) Franc-Comtois: tchait Lorrain: tchat Middle French: chat French: chat Norman: cat Picard: cat Poitevin-Saintongeais: chat Walloon: tchet == Polish == === Etymology 1 === Unadapted borrowing from English chat. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʂat/ 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): /ˈxat/ Rhymes: -at Syllabification: chat ==== Noun ==== chat f genitive plural of chata === Further reading === “chat”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “chat”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English chat. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: chat === Noun === chat m (plural chats) (Internet) chat room Synonym: (Brazil) bate-papo === Further reading === “chat”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “chat”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “chat”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “chat”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English chat. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃat/ [ˈt͡ʃat̪̚] IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtsat/ [ˈt͡sat̪̚] Rhymes: -at Syllabification: chat === 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”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “chat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 == Turkish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English chat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʃet/ === 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 ====