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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/t�æt/
audio|en-us-chat.ogg|Audio (US)

• Rhymes:English:-æt|Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1
Abbreviation of chatter.

Verb
en-verb|chat|t|ing

1. To be engaged in informal conversation.
2. To talk more than a few words.
3. To converse on a talk show.
4. To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.

Translations
trans-top|to chat
Dutch: t+|nl|kletsen
French: t+|fr|discuter, t|fr|converser (1, 3); t|fr|clavarder, t+|fr|chatter (4), bavarder
German: sich t-|de|unterhalten, t|de|plaudern (1, 3); t|de|schwatzen, t|de|klönen (1, 2); t|de|chatten (4)
Guaraní: mongeta (interlocutor explicit) (1); ñemongeta (interlocutor implicit) (1); ñomongeta (to each other) (1)
Interlingua: t-|ia|conversar|xsInterlingua, t|ia|confabular|xsInterlingua (1); t|ia|chattar|xs=Interlingua (4)
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Portuguese: t+|pt|conversar, t|pt|bater papo, t-|pt|charlar (1); t|pt|bater papo, t+|pt|conversar por chat (4)
Romanian: t-|ro|conversa, t-|ro|discuta
Spanish: t-|es|platicar, t-|es|charlar; t+|es|chatear (Internet)
Tupinambá: mongetá (interlocutor explicit) (1); nhemongetá (interlocutor implicit) (1); nhomongetá (to each other) (1)
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Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable Informal conversation.
2. A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations.
3. An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
4. A conversation on a talk show.
5. Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the subfamily Saxicolini that feed on insects.

Derived terms
backchat
chatroom
chat up
stonechat
whinchat

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section

Bulgarian: t|bg|�а�|sc=Cyrl
Finnish: jutella
Guaraní: ñomongeta (1)
Interlingua: t-|ia|conversation|xsInterlingua, t-|ia|confabulation|xsInterlingua (1); chat (2)
French: t+|fr|discussion (1,3); t|fr|clavardage, chat (3)
Portuguese: t+|pt|conversa, t|pt|bate-papo (1);
Romanian: t-|ro|conversaţie f, t|ro|discuţie f
Tupinambá: nhomongetá (1)
Spanish: t-|es|charlar, t+|es|charla

Etymology 2
Origin unknown.

Noun
en-noun

1. mining ore|Ore with parts of the stone or matrix still adhering to it.

#* 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 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

Category:Birds

Cantonese

Number
chat

1. seven. → ä¸�

French

Etymology
Late Latin cattus.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�a/

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. (male) cat, tom, tomcat
2. tag, tig (children's game)

Related terms
top3
cataire, chataire
chat-huant
chatière
chaton
chatonner
mid3
chatte
chattemite
chatterie
chat-tigre
haret
mid3
matou
minet
minou
mistigri

See also
chat échaudé craint l'eau froide
quant le chat n'est pas là les souris dansent

Category:fr:Mammals

Irish

Noun
chat

1. mutation of|cat

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hu:chat
nl:chat
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no:chat
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pl:chat
ro:chat
ru:chat
sk:chat
fi:chat
sv:chat
ta:chat
te:chat
vi:chat
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• 2007-12-30 17:43 - Keene - rmv [[Category:Cats]]

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