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Definitions and meaning of chili

chili

English

Alternative forms

• chile, chilli, chilly
• chile (US)
• chilli (Britain)
• chilly (Commonwealth)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪli/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪliː/
• Rhymes: -ɪli
• Homophones: Chile, chile, chilli, chilly

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Noun

chili (countable and uncountable, plural chilis or chilies)

1. (countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.

   Synonym: chili pepper
2. (uncountable) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.

   Synonym: chili powder

3. (Indian Chinese cuisine) A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Dutch: chili
• → Malay: cili
• → Welsh: tsili

Translations

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of chili con carne, from Spanish chile con carne (literally “chili with meat”).

Noun

chili (uncountable)

1. (chiefly US) A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.

   Synonym: chili con carne

2. (Cincinnati) Cincinnati chili.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Ilchi, lichi

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

chili

1. chili

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Amecameca, Cholula and Milpa Alta): chilli

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl chilli.

Noun

chili

1. chili pepper

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

chili c (singular definite chilien, plural indefinite chilier)

1. chili

   Synonym: chilipeber

Declension

References

• “chili” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(t)ʃi.li/
• Hyphenation: chi‧li
• Rhymes: -ili

Noun

chili m (plural chilis)

1. chili pepper

   Synonym: chilipeper

2. chili (dish)

Derived terms

Further reading

• Chili (doorverwijspagina on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English chili, from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃili/, [ˈt̪ʃili]
• IPA^(key): /ˈtsili/, [ˈts̠ili]
• Rhymes: -ili
• Syllabification^(key): chi‧li
• Hyphenation^(key): chi‧li

Noun

chili

1. chili

   Synonyms: chilipippuri, (archaic) turkinpippuri

Usage notes

• chili is seldom used to describe the sauce outside of the fixed name chili con carne. It may instead be called chilikastike or salsa.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “chili”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chili.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.li/, /tʃi.li/

Noun

chili m

1. chili, chili con carne

Italian

Noun

chili m

1. plural of chilo

Anagrams

• lichi

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

chili m

1. chili

References

• “chili” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “chili” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

chili m

1. chili

References

• “chili” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Ometepec Nahuatl

Noun

chili

1. chili pepper

Polish

Alternative forms

• chilli

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish chili.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʂi.li/
• Rhymes: -ili
• Syllabification: chi‧li

Noun

chili n (indeclinable)

1. chili (spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum)
2. chili (spice)

Further reading

• chili in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• chili in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chile

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Pronunciation

Noun

chili m (plural chilis)

1. chili pepper (piquant fruit of Capsicum plants, especially the varieties used in Mexican cuisine)
2. (uncountable) chili (spice made from chili peppers)
3. (uncountable) chili; chili con carne (dish of meat, beans, tomato sauce and chili)

Romanian

Verb

a chili (third-person singular present chilește, past participle chilit) 4th conjugation

1. obsolete form of pili

Conjugation

References

• chili in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃili/ [ˈt͡ʃi.li]
• Rhymes: -ili
• Syllabification: chi‧li

Noun

chili m (plural chilis)

1. chili, chili con carne (dish)

   Synonym: chili con carne

Derived terms

Further reading

• “chili”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

chili c

1. chili

Declension

Synonyms

• chilipeppar
• chilifrukt

Derived terms

• chilisås (“chili sauce”)

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

chili

1. chili pepper.

Source: wiktionary.org