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chatbot

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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noun

Meaning 1

A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Qualifier: artificial intelligence

Examples

  • The chatbot was quite simple yet informative.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From chat + -bot, from earlier chatterbot.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: чатбот (čatbot) — program that holds conversations
  • Catalan: bot conversacional — program that holds conversations
  • Catalan: xatbot — program that holds conversations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 傾偈機械人 /倾偈机械人 (king1 gai2 gei1 haai6 jan4) — program that holds conversations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聊天機器人 /聊天机器人 (liáotiānjīqìrén) — program that holds conversations
  • Dutch: chatbot — program that holds conversations
  • Finnish: keskustelubotti — program that holds conversations
  • French: chatbot — program that holds conversations
  • French: dialogueur — program that holds conversations
  • Georgian: სასაუბრო ბოტი (sasaubro boṭi) — program that holds conversations
  • Georgian: ჩატბოტი (čaṭboṭi) — program that holds conversations
  • German: Chatbot — program that holds conversations
  • Greek: κειμενογεννήτρια (keimenogennítria) — program that holds conversations
  • Hungarian: csevegőrobot — program that holds conversations
  • Irish: róbat comhrá — program that holds conversations
  • Japanese: チャットボット (chattobotto) — program that holds conversations
  • Korean: 챗봇 (chaetbot) — program that holds conversations
  • Māori: karekōrero — program that holds conversations
  • Portuguese: chatbot — program that holds conversations
  • Russian: чат-бо́т (čat-bót) — program that holds conversations
  • Spanish: bot conversacional — program that holds conversations
  • Spanish: chatbot — program that holds conversations
  • Swedish: chattrobot — program that holds conversations
  • Swedish: dialogrobot — program that holds conversations
  • Ukrainian: чат-бо́т (čat-bót) — program that holds conversations