clavardage

== French == === Etymology === Blend of clavier +‎ bavardage. Proposed by the Quebec provincial language regulator Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) in 1997 as an alternative to the English borrowing tchat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kla.vaʁ.daʒ/ === Noun === clavardage m (plural clavardages) (Internet, Quebec) online chatting