klatsch
pronunciation
How to pronounce klatsch in British English:
UK [k'lætʃ]
How to pronounce klatsch in American English:
US [k'lætʃ]
Word Origin
- klatsch (n.)
- 1953, from German Klatsch "gossip," which is said in German sources to be imitative (compare klatschen "clap hands," klatsch "a single clap of the hands"). Also see clap (v.), which in Middle English also had a sense of "talk noisily or too much, chatter" (late 14c.).