chat
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Abbreviation of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call.
Verb
[edit]chat (third-person singular simple present chats, present participle chatting, simple past and past participle chatted)
- To be engaged in informal conversation.
- She chatted with her friend in the cafe.
- I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.
- To talk more than a few words.
- I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.
- (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.
- (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.
- Do you want to chat online later?
- (by extension, Philippines) To send a text message via Facebook Messenger instead of via SMS.
Derived terms
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Noun
[edit]chat (countable and uncountable, plural chats)
- (countable, uncountable) Informal conversation.
- It'd be cool to meet up again soon and have a quick chat.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub.
- (countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
- (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 […]
- (metonymically, 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?"
- (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
[edit]- backchat (back-chat, back chat)
- bechat
- bushchat
- chatathon
- chatbot
- chatbox
- chatfest
- chat fiction
- ChatGPT
- chat group
- chatgroup
- chathead
- chatiquette
- chatless
- chatlog
- chatmate
- chatroom (chat-room)
- chatshrike
- chat site
- chatspace
- chatspeak
- chat-tanager
- chatteration
- chatterer
- chatterish
- chattily
- chattiness
- chatty
- chat-tyrant
- chatwood
- chitchat (chit-chat, chit chat)
- cyberchat
- e-chat
- enter the chat
- fallowchat
- F in the chat
- fireside chat
- furzechat
- group chat
- hot chat
- leave the chat
- midchat
- palmchat
- robin-chat
- rufous bush chat
- Snapchat
- stonechat
- vidchat
- video chat
- webchat
- web chat
- whinchat
- W in the chat
- yellow-breasted chat
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Etymology 2
[edit]Compare chit (“small piece of paper”), and chad.[1]
Noun
[edit]chat
- 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
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Unknown.
Noun
[edit]chat (plural chats)
- (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.
Translations
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Etymology 4
[edit]From thieves' cant.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]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.'
- 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.
- 1977, Mary Emily Pearce, Apple Tree Lean Down, page 520:
Etymology 5
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat (plural chats)
- Alternative form of chaat
Anagrams
[edit]Antillean Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat m (plural chats, diminutive chatje n)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]chat
- inflection of chatten:
Anagrams
[edit]Franco-Provençal
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Late Latin cattus.
Noun
[edit]chat m (plural chats) (ORB, broad)
References
[edit]- chat in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- chat in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
French
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Middle French chat, from Old French chat, from Late Latin cattus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat m (plural chats, feminine chatte)
- 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.
- (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!"
- "Is it a tomcat or a girl cat?" asked Jean.
- 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)
Derived terms
[edit]- à bon chat, bon rat
- à ne pas mettre un chat dehors
- absent le chat, les souris dansent
- acheter chat en poche
- appeler un chat un chat
- arbre à chat
- avoir d’autres chats à fouetter
- avoir un chat dans la gorge
- chat à neuf queues
- chat bai
- chat de gouttière
- chat de jungle
- chat de Margueritte
- chat des marais
- chat des sables
- chat domestique
- chat du désert
- chat du général Margueritte
- chat échaudé craint l’eau froide
- chat forestier
- chat forestier européen
- chat haret
- chat perché
- chat sauvage
- chat sauvage d’Europe
- chat sauvage européen
- chat sylvestre
- chat-huant
- chat-tigre
- chataire
- chatière
- chaton
- chatonner
- chatte
- chattemite
- chatterie
- comme chien et chat
- c’est le chat qui se mord la queue
- donner sa langue au chat
- donner sa langue au chat
- il ne faut pas réveiller le chat qui dort
- il n’y a pas de quoi fouetter un chat
- il n’y a pas un chat
- jeu du chat et de la souris
- jouer au chat et à la souris
- la nuit, tous les chats sont gris
- langue de chat
- langue-de-chat
- le chat parti, les souris dansent
- les chats ne font pas des chiens
- les chiens ne font pas des chats
- mousse du chat
- pas de chat
- pied de chat
- quand le chat n’est pas là, les souris dansent
- syndrome du cri du chat
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Louisiana Creole: sha
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat m (plural chats)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “chat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat
- cat
- (colloquial) thief
- pussy (genitals)
Derived terms
[edit]Hokkien
[edit]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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat
- paint (substance)
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat m
- Lenited form of cat.
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English chat.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat f (invariable)
- chat (informal conversation via computer)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Somali [Term?].
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat m (invariable)
Jamaican Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]chat
- to talk about, to discuss
- Synonym: taak
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 24:14:
- Dem did a chat bout evriting wa apm.
- They talked about everything that happened.
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:14:
- Mi suun kom luk fi yu, so wi kyan sidong an chat.
- I hope to see you soon and talk face to face.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French chat, from Late Latin cattus.
Noun
[edit]chat m (plural chats or chatz, feminine singular chatte, feminine plural chattes)
- cat (animal)
Descendants
[edit]- French: chat
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat m (definite singular chaten, indefinite plural chatar, definite plural chatane)
References
[edit]- “chat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- cat, kat (Picardy, Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin cattus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat oblique singular, m (oblique plural chaz or chatz, nominative singular chaz or chatz, nominative plural chat)
- cat (animal)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English chat.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat m inan (related adjective chatowy)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- chatować impf
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat f
Further reading
[edit]- chat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- chat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English chat.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]chat m (plural chats)
Further reading
[edit]- “chat”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English chat.
Noun
[edit]chat n (uncountable)
- chat (online)
Declension
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat m (plural chats)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “chat”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English chat.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃat/ [ˈt͡ʃat̪̚]
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: chat
Noun
[edit]chat (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜆ᜔) (Internet)
- chat (exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “chat” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “chat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English chat.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chat (definite accusative chati, plural chatler)
Declension
[edit]Inflection | ||
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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 |
Derived terms
[edit]- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Philippine English
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- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
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- en:Internet
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- en:Video games
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- English humorous terms
- English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals
- English terms with unknown etymologies
- en:Mining
- British English
- Australian English
- New Zealand English
- en:World War I
- en:Military
- en:Honeyeaters
- en:Lice
- en:Potatoes
- en:Muscicapids
- en:Talking
- Antillean Creole terms derived from French
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- Antillean Creole nouns
- gcf:Mammals
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛt
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- Franco-Provençal terms inherited from Late Latin
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- Franco-Provençal nouns
- Franco-Provençal countable nouns
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- ORB, broad
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
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- fr:Internet
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- fr:Male animals
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- ht:Cats
- ht:Crime
- ht:People
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- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
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- frm:Animals
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- nn:Internet
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- pl:Video games
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- pt:Internet
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- Rhymes:Spanish/at
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- es:Internet
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/at
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- tl:Internet
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