chili
English
Etymology
A variant of chilli; from Classical Nahuatl chilli, via Spanish chile.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪli/
Audio (RP) (file) - (UK) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪliː/
- Rhymes: -ɪli
- Homophones: Chile, chile, chilli, chilly
Noun
chili (countable and uncountable, plural chilis or chilies)
- The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used especially to add heat, or as a flavouring in cooking; associated with certain cuisines including Mexican, Tex-Mex, Indian, Thai, and some parts of China.
- The farmers’ market had a wide variety of chilis from anchos to jalapeños to habaneros.
- A dish made with this fruit and other ingredients, such as beans and beef; chili con carne.
- I fancy having some chili for dinner tonight. What about you?
- (uncountable) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
- I want to make this pasta spicy so I’m going to add some chili to it.
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- (pepper): chili pepper
- (dish): chili con carne
Derived terms
Terms derived from chili
Translations
spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum
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chili con carne — see chili con carne
spice
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
chili c (singular definite chilien, plural indefinite chilifrugter)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowing from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(t)ʃi.li/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: chi‧li
- Rhymes: -ili
Noun
chili m (plural chilis)
Synonyms
- chilipeper
Finnish
Noun
chili
Declension
| Inflection of chili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | chili | chilit | |
| genitive | chilin | chilien | |
| partitive | chiliä | chilejä | |
| illative | chiliin | chileihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | chili | chilit | |
| accusative | nom. | chili | chilit |
| gen. | chilin | ||
| genitive | chilin | chilien | |
| partitive | chiliä | chilejä | |
| inessive | chilissä | chileissä | |
| elative | chilistä | chileistä | |
| illative | chiliin | chileihin | |
| adessive | chilillä | chileillä | |
| ablative | chililtä | chileiltä | |
| allative | chilille | chileille | |
| essive | chilinä | chileinä | |
| translative | chiliksi | chileiksi | |
| instructive | — | chilein | |
| abessive | chilittä | chileittä | |
| comitative | — | chileineen | |
Italian
Noun
chili m
- plural of chilo
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
chili m
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
chili m
References
- “chili” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.li/
Noun
chili m (plural chilis)
- chili pepper (piquant fruit of Capsicum plants, especially the varieties used in Mexican cuisine)
- (uncountable) chili (spice made from chili peppers)
- (uncountable) chili; chili con carne (dish of meat, beans, tomato sauce and chili)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃili/
Noun
chili m (plural chilis)
- chili, chili con carne (dish)
- Synonym: chili con carne
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chili” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Noun
chili c
Declension
| Declension of chili | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | chili | chilin | chilifrukter | chilifrukterna |
| Genitive | chilis | chilins | chilifrukters | chilifrukternas |
Synonyms
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