chilly

English

WOTD – 21 December 2018

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɪli/
Audio (RP) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪli
Homophones: Chile, chile, chili, chilli

Etymology 1

chill +‎ -y.

Adjective

chilly (comparative chillier, superlative chilliest)

Cold enough to cause discomfort.
Feeling uncomfortably cold.
I’m getting rather chilly over here – could you shut the window please?
(figuratively) Distant and cool; unfriendly.
She gave me a chilly look when I made the suggestion.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:cold

Derived terms

chillily
chilliness
chillybin (New Zealand)

Related terms

Terms related to chilly

chiller
chilling (adjective)

Translations

cold enough to cause shivering, or suddenly cold

Belarusian: халаднава́ты (xaladnaváty)
Bulgarian: студе́н (bg) (studén), мразовит (bg) (mrazovit)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寒冷 (zh) (hánlěng), 清涼 (zh), 清凉 (zh) (qīngliáng)
Czech: sychravý (cs)
Danish: kølig (da)
Dutch: kil (nl)
Finnish: kylmä (fi), kolea (fi), jäätävä (fi)
French: froid (fr)
German: kalt (de), kühl (de)
Greek: κρύος (el) (krýos), ψυχρός (el) (psychrós)

Japanese: 肌寒い (はださむい, hadasamui, はだざむい, hadazamui), 寒い (ja) (さむい, samui)
Korean: 쌀쌀하다 (ko) (ssalssalhada)
Latin: algeo (i am chilly), frigeo (i am chilly)
Portuguese: frio (pt)
Russian: прохла́дный (ru) (proxládnyj), холо́дный (ru) (xolódnyj), зя́бкий (ru) (zjábkij), холоднова́тый (ru) (xolodnovátyj), промо́зглый (ru) (promózglyj)
Scottish Gaelic: fionnar
Spanish: frío (es)
Swedish: kylig (sv)
Ukrainian: прохоло́дний (proxolódnyj)
Vietnamese: lạnh (vi), lạnh lẽo (vi)

distant and cool; unfriendly

Bulgarian: студе́н (bg) (studén), отблъскващ (bg) (otblǎskvašt)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冷淡 (zh) (lěngdàn)
Dutch: koel (nl)
Finnish: jäätävä (fi)
German: frostig (de)
Greek: ψυχρός (el) (psychrós), παγερός (el) (pagerós)

Japanese: 冷たい (ja) (つめたい, tsumetai)
Latin: hostilis (la)
Portuguese: frígido (pt), gélido (pt), frio (pt)
Russian: холо́дный (ru) (xolódnyj), равноду́шный (ru) (ravnodúšnyj), неприве́тливый (ru) (neprivétlivyj), недружелю́бный (ru) (nedruželjúbnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: fionnar
Spanish: frío (es)
Swedish: kylig (sv)

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Translations to be checked

Romanian: friguros (1)

Spanish: frío (1)

Etymology 2

See chili.

Noun

chilly (plural chillies)

Alternative spelling of chili.

References

chilly in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
chilly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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