chatty

chatty

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃæti/, [ˈtʃæɾi]
• Rhymes: -æti

Etymology 1

From chat +‎ -y.

Adjective

chatty (comparative chattier, superlative chattiest)

1. (informal) Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
2. (informal) Of a text or speech, expressed in a conversational style.
3. (WWI slang) Infested with chats, i.e. lice.
4. (computing) Supplying more information than necessary; verbose.

   Chatty error messages may help attackers to compromise your server.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:talkative

Translations

chatting a lot or fond of chatting

Arabic: ثَرْثَار‎ (ar) (ṯarṯār) Armenian: լեզվանի (hy) (lezvani) Bulgarian: бъбрив (bg) (bǎbriv), приказлив (bg) (prikazliv) Catalan: xerraire (ca) Czech: povídavý, upovídaný Finnish: puhelias (fi), suulas (fi) French: bavard (fr)

German: geschwätzig (de), gesprächig (de) Hungarian: csevegő (hu), beszédes (hu), fecsegő (hu) Latvian: runīgs, valodīgs, mutīgs, pļāpīgs Maori: kōtetetete Russian: болтли́вый (ru) (boltlívyj) Spanish: locuaz (es), charlador, conversador, parlanchín (es) Yakut: лахсыыр (laxsıır)

expressed in a conversational style

Bulgarian: разговорен (bg) (razgovoren)

Finnish: tuttavallinen (fi)

Noun

chatty (plural chatties)

1. Alternative form of chattee (“Indian clay pot”)