"chatbot" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtʃætbɑt/ [Canada] Audio: en-us-chatbot.ogg Forms: chatbots [plural]
Etymology: From chat + -bot, from earlier chatterbot. Etymology templates: {{af|en|chat|-bot}} chat + -bot Head templates: {{en-noun}} chatbot (plural chatbots)
  1. (Internet, artificial intelligence) A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Artificial intelligence, Internet, Robotics Synonyms: chat bot Related terms: infobot Translations (program that holds conversations): bot conversacional [masculine] (Catalan), 聊天機器人 (Chinese Mandarin), 聊天机器人 (liáotiānjīqìrén) (Chinese Mandarin), chatbot [masculine] (Dutch), keskustelubotti (Finnish), chatbot [feminine] (French), dialogueur [masculine] (French), სასაუბრო ბოტი (sasaubro boṭi) (Georgian), ჩატბოტი (čaṭboṭi) (Georgian), Chatbot [masculine] (German), csevegőrobot (Hungarian), róbat comhrá [masculine] (Irish), チャットボット (chattobotto) (Japanese), 챗봇 (chaetbot) (Korean), karekōrero (Maori), чат-бо́т (čat-bót) [masculine] (Russian), bot conversacional [masculine] (Spanish), chatbot [masculine] (Spanish), chattrobot [common-gender] (Swedish), dialogrobot [common-gender] (Swedish), чат-бо́т (čat-bót) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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