Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chatty

/ˈt͡ʃæti/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: chat-ty
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃæti/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.

Informal

adj

Of a text or speech, expressed in a conversational style.

Informal

adj

Supplying more information than necessary; verbose.

adj

Infested with lice; or, (figuratively) dirty, worn or of poor quality; lousy.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage; Dated

noun

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

Example Sentences

"When a typically chatty employee who often participates in meetings and is engaged and enthusiastic suddenly becomes unmotivated and quieter, that person could be at risk for burnout."
"Our ticket is checked after departure by a chatty guard."
"Chatty error messages may help attackers to compromise your server."
"Now there are plans to put up a cheap and chatty wooden fence which will not provide anything like the security the old wall did and it will not have the same character."

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatterclip. English chat Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English chatty From chat (“informal conversation”) + -y.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈt͡ʃæti/

Usage

Inflected Forms

chattier (comparative) chattiest (superlative) chatties (plural)

Derived Forms

chattily chattiness unchatty

Phrases

chit-chatty

Synonyms

gossipy newsy gabby garrulous loquacious talkative talky

Rhymes With

cincinnati fatty patty matty patti hattie batty mattie natty catty pattie ratty

Questions

How do you pronounce chatty?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃæti/.
What does chatty mean?: Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
Where does chatty come from?: Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatterclip. English chat Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English chatty From chat (“informal conversation”) + -y.

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