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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Abbreviation of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call.

Verb

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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.
    I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.
  2. To talk more than a few words.
    I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.
  3. (transitive) To talk of; to discuss.
    They chatted politics for a while.
    • 2014, Lenny Smith, Choices, page 43:
      We would get totally stoned and usually drunk too and chat a load of nonsense into the small hours.
  4. (informal, slang, often as chatting) To chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).
    Don't listen to me, I'm chatting.
  5. 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?
    1. (by extension, Philippines) To send a text message via Facebook Messenger instead of via SMS.
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Noun

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chat (countable and uncountable, plural chats)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Informal conversation.
    It'd be cool to meet up again soon and have a quick chat.
  2. (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
  3. (Internet, uncountable, with or without "the") A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.
    "Type yes in (the) chat if you can hear me."
    • 1997, Meg Booker, The Insider's Guide to America Online, page 256:
      While there are chats for various interest groups (games, Internet, sports), you can also […]
    1. (metonymically, originally video games) The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream.
      The chat just made a joke about my poor skillz.
      "Chat, should I pick up this sword before heading out?"
      • 2024 September 11, Fatima Payman, 00:48 from the start, in Skibidi Senator Payman + 100,000 aura‎[1] (video), archived from the original on September 12, 2024:
        Chat, is this prime minister serious?
    2. (by extension, nonstandard, humorous) Familiar term of address for users on social media other than a chat room, as in "guys."
  4. (countable) Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.
  5. (countable) Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.
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Translations
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exchange of text or voice messages in real time
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Etymology 2

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Compare chit (“small piece of paper”), and chad.[1]

Noun

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chat

  1. A small potato, such as is given to swine.
    • 1978, Joan Thirsk, Edith Holt Whetham, H. P. R. Finberg, The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 8, 1914-1939, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
      Wheat and potatoes were traditionally cash crops, though they also provided tail corn for the poultry and chats for the pigs

References

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  1. ^ William Safire, The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time, p. 43, Simon and Schuster, 2007 →ISBN.

Etymology 3

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Unknown.

Noun

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chat (plural chats)

  1. (mining, local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 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.
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Etymology 4

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From thieves' cant.

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Noun

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chat (plural chats)

  1. (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.'
    • 2007, How Can I Sleep when the Seagull Calls?, →ISBN, page 18:
      May a thousand chats from Belgium crawl under their fingers as they write.
    • 2013, Graham Seal, The Soldiers' Press: Trench Journals in the First World War, →ISBN, page 149:
      Trench foot was a nasty and potentially fatal foot disease commonly caused by these conditions, in which chats or body lice were the bane of all.

Etymology 5

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Noun

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chat (plural chats)

  1. Alternative form of chaat

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Antillean Creole

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Etymology

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From French chat.

Noun

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chat

  1. cat

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English chat.

Noun

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chat m (plural chats, diminutive chatje n)

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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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chat

  1. inflection of chatten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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Franco-Provençal

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Franco-Provençal Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin cattus.

Noun

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chat m (plural chats) (ORB, broad)

  1. male cat
    Coordinate term: chata f

References

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  • chat in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • chat in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

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Un chat.
French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle French chat, from Old French chat, from Late Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chat m (plural chats, feminine chatte)

  1. cat (feline)
    • 1910, Henry-D. Davray, B. Kozakiewicz (tr.), La Guerre dans les airs, translation of The War in the Air by H. G. Wells, page 335:
      Soudain, d’un seul élan, cela se précipita sur lui, avec un miaulement plaintif et la queue droite. C’était un jeune chat, menu et décharné, qui frottait sa tête contre les jambes de Bert, en ronronnant.
      It advanced suddenly upon him with a rush, with a little meawling cry and tail erect. It rubbed its head against him and purred. It was a tiny, skinny little kitten.
  2. (male) cat, tom, tomcat
    • 1896, Paul Margueritte, “Une flaque”, in L’eau qui dort, Paris: Armand Colin et cie, […], section II, pages 102–103:
      — Est-ce un chat ou une chatte ? » demanda Jean.
      Sophie ne se prononça point, Alice devint rouge et dit en riant :
      « C’est un chat !
      — En êtes-vous sûre ? demanda Jean.
      — Ah bien! fit Alice, pour sûr ! »
      "Is it a tomcat or a girl cat?" asked Jean.
      Sophie not having spoken, Alice turned red and said, laughing:
      "It's a tomcat!"
      "Are you sure?" asked Jean.
      "Of course," said Alice, "for sure!"
  3. tag, tig (children’s game)
    • 2023 August, Arnaud de Montjoye, “En touriste à Auschwitz”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 24:
      Alors, quand il repère, sur le Web, une scène croustillante montrant un groupe en train de se livrer à « une partie de chat, à poil, dans un camp de la mort », c’est comme un déclic.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Descendants
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  • Louisiana Creole: sha

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English chat.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chat m (plural chats)

  1. (Internet) chat (online discussion)
    Synonym: tchat
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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French chat, chatte.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chat

  1. cat
  2. (colloquial) thief
  3. pussy (genitals)

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Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of chat – see 節 (“knot; node; joint; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 節).
For pronunciation and definitions of chat – see 紮 (“to tie; to bind; bundle; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 紮).
For pronunciation and definitions of chat – see 匝.
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 匝).
For pronunciation and definitions of chat – see 扎 (“to stab; to prick; to puncture; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 扎).
For pronunciation and definitions of chat – see 札 (“letter; note; correspondence; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 札).
For pronunciation and definitions of chat – see 砸 (“to crush; to smash; to bash; to smash; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 砸).

Iban

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Etymology

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From Hokkien 漆 (chhat).

Noun

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chat

  1. paint (substance)

Irish

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Noun

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chat m

  1. Lenited form of cat.

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Unadapted borrowing from English chat.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Hyphenation: chàt

Noun

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chat f (invariable)

  1. chat (informal conversation via computer)
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Etymology 2

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From Somali [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Hyphenation: chàt

Noun

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chat m (invariable)

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

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English chat.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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chat

  1. to talk about, to discuss
    Synonym: taak

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French chat, from Late Latin cattus.

Noun

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chat m (plural chats or chatz, feminine singular chatte, feminine plural chattes)

  1. cat (animal)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English chat.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chat m (definite singular chaten, indefinite plural chatar, definite plural chatane)

  1. (Internet) a chat

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

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  • (classical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃat/, (northern) /ˈkat/

Noun

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chat oblique singular, m (oblique plural chaz or chatz, nominative singular chaz or chatz, nominative plural chat)

  1. cat (animal)
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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Unadapted borrowing from English chat.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chat m inan (related adjective chatowy)

  1. (Internet) Alternative spelling of czat
Declension
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Declension of chat
singular plural
nominative chat chaty
genitive chatu chatów
dative chatowi chatom
accusative chat chaty
instrumental chatem chatami
locative chacie chatach
vocative chacie chaty
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verb

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: chat

Noun

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chat f

  1. genitive plural of chata

Further reading

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  • chat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • chat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English chat.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃa.t͡ʃi/, /ˈʃɛ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃa.te/, /ˈʃɛ.te/
 

Noun

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chat m (plural chats)

  1. (Internet) chat room
    Synonym: (chiefly Brazil) bate-papo

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English chat.

Noun

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chat n (uncountable)

  1. chat (online)

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative chat chatul
genitive-dative chat chatului
vocative chatule

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English chat.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃat/ [ˈt͡ʃat̪]
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: chat

Noun

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chat m (plural chats)

  1. chat (exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network)
  2. chat, chat room

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English chat.

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chat (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜆ᜔) (Internet)

  1. chat (exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network)

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English chat.

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Noun

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chat (definite accusative chati, plural chatler)

  1. chat (exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network)
  2. chat room

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative chat
Definite accusative chati
Singular Plural
Nominative chat chatler
Definite accusative chati chatleri
Dative chate chatlere
Locative chatte chatlerde
Ablative chatten chatlerden
Genitive chatin chatlerin

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