English → Latin
“chatter” in Latin
strepōto make a noise; to rattle, rustle, rumble, murmur, hum, roargarriōto chatter, prattle; to chatter, prattle; to say something in a prattleblaterōto babble, gibber, speak foolishly or in an animalistic manner; to croak; to bleathariolorto foretell, prophesy, divine, tell fortunes; to talk nonsenseālūcinorto wander in mind, talk idly, prate, dreamnūgorto jest, trifle, play the fool, talk nonsense; to trick, cajole, cheatfābulorto chat, converse, talk; to make up a storycōnfābulorto converse; to discusscrociōto croak like a ravencrocitōto croak or caw loudly (like a raven)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chatter v.
of some birds, strepere: of the raven, crocire: crocitare.
Of the teeth: to chatter with one’s teeth, dentibus crepitare. His teeth chatter, dentes colliduntur.
Talk idly, etc., garrire: blaterare: hariolari: alucinari: nugari: fabulari: confabulari: fabulari inter se: sermones caedere. SYN. in BABBLE.
chatter s.
strepitus.
Idle prate, garritus (late): confabulatio (late): garrulitas, loquacitas (loquacity). Sometimes gerrae: nugae (the former only in comedy: the senseless words of a foolish person: nugae, trifling stuff): fabulae (idle talk, with no foundation in fact): ineptiae (silliness; silly talk).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chatter?
- The usual Latin words for “chatter” are strepō, garriō, blaterō; also hariolor, ālūcinor, nūgor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.