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ChatGPT

name · verb · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˈt͡ʃætˌd͡ʒiːpiːˈtiː/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

name

Meaning 1

A popular chatbot based on a large language model created by OpenAI.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: GPT, Chatty G

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To use ChatGPT; to create or generate (something) with the help of ChatGPT.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, ambitransitive

Examples

  • I ChatGPTed a bedtime story for my son.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatterclip. English chatder. Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin genero Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf Middle English generatyve English generativeinit. Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English train English -ed English trained ▲ English pre- English trainder. English pretrain English -ed English pretrainedinit. Proto-Indo-European *terh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh2t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin fōrmō Latin transformo Old French transformer Middle French transfourmerbor. Middle English transformen English transform Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English transformerinit. English GPTder. English ChatGPT From chat + GPT (“generative pre-trained transformer”). First attested in 2022.