video chat

English

Alternative forms

• videochat, video-chat

Noun

video chat (countable and uncountable, plural video chats)

1. (Internet) An audiovisual conversation with one or more other people by means of telecommunication technology.

Related terms

• video call
• video conference

 

Translations

audiovisual conversation

• Dutch: videochat (nl) m
• Finnish: videokeskustelu
• Japanese: ビデオチャット (bideo chatto)
• Russian: видеоча́т (ru) m (videočát)
• Spanish: videochat m, video chat m

Verb

video chat (third-person singular simple present video chats, present participle video chatting, simple past and past participle video chatted)

1. (intransitive, Internet) To participate in a video chat.
2. (transitive, Internet) To communicate with (someone) via video chat.
   • 2014 July 25, Suzanne Goldenberg, “Apple eyes solar to power the cloud and iPhone 6 sapphire manufacturing”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     With Apple’s solar farm, customers could now be confident that downloading an app or video-chatting a friend would not increase carbon pollution, Jackson said.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English video chat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbideo ˈt͡ʃat/ [ˌbi.ð̞e.o ˈt͡ʃat̪]
• Syllabification: vi‧de‧o chat

Noun

video chat m (plural video chats)

1. video chat