video chat

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English

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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video chat (countable and uncountable, plural video chats)

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

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Verb

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English video chat.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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video chat m (plural video chats)

  1. video chat