Dictionary

ChatGPT en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈt͡ʃætˌd͡ʒiːpiːˈtiː/
• (US) audio

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.

Meanings

1. A popular chatbot based on a large language model created by OpenAI.
   • By Thursday, Ms. Berganza said ChatGPT appeared to have tightened restrictions on what images users were allowed to Ghiblify. 2025 March 27, Madison Malone Kircher, “People Love Studio Ghibli. But Should They Be Able to Recreate It?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2025:
   • Heavy users of ChatGPT tend to be lonelier, more emotionally dependent on the AI tool and have fewer offline social relationships, new research suggests. 2025 March 25, Rachel Hall, “Heavy ChatGPT users tend to be more lonely, suggests research”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2025:

Synonyms

Chatty G · GPT

wikipedia: generative pre-trained transformer

ChatGPT en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈt͡ʃætˌd͡ʒiːpiːˈtiː/
• (US) audio

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.

Meanings

1. (Internet, ambitransitive) To use ChatGPT; to create or generate (something) with the help of ChatGPT.
   • Coffee shops-cum-meeting-spots dotted across the city are teeming (Equator, Blue Bottle and Saint Frank). Caffeine-fuelled, lactose-intolerant, macadamia milk latte-drinking young folk are journalling, manifesting, coding, ChatGPT-ing and pitching their ideas. 2023 February 5, Kathryn Parsons, “Boom times are back in San Francisco’s tech mecca”, in The Sunday Times, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2026:
   • But she’d been “Chatfished” before, so when the gap between his real and digital selves failed to close on their second date, she called it off. “I’d already been ChatGPT-ed into bed at least once. I didn’t want it to happen again.” 2025 October 12, Alexandra Jones, quoting Rachel, “‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2025:
   • I ChatGPTed a bedtime story for my son.

Forms

wikipedia: generative pre-trained transformer