chili
English
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪli/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪliː/
Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪli
- Homophones: Chile, chile, chilli, chilly
Etymology 1
editBorrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.
Noun
editchili (countable and uncountable, plural chilis or chilies)
- (countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
- Synonym: chili pepper
- 1874, Finlay Dun, “Peppers”, in Veterinary Medicines: Their Actions and Uses, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.: William Wood & Company, →OCLC, pages 442–443:
- Capsicum—the dried ripe fruit of Capsicum fastigiatum—is also known as Chilly pepper, Chillies, Guinea, or pod pepper, and is chiefly brought from Zanzibar. The several varieties differ in shape and size, are of a red colour, and filled with numerous red-brown, pungent seeds.
- 2014, Jennifer Olvera, “Suburban Stunners, Stalwarts & Surprises”, in Amy Lyons, editor, Food Lovers’ Guide to Chicago: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings (Food Lovers’ Series), 2nd edition, Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 187:
- Kama Indian Bistro, […] Everything is made from scratch, including the spice blends and sauces; the ingredients are quality; and the heat is no-holds-barred. Planks of crispy, "chilly" potatoes and elegant, delicately flavored shrimp Sunnaina in white-wine garlic-tomato concassé are hits.
- (uncountable) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
- Synonym: chili powder
- (Indian Chinese cuisine) A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Welsh: tsili
Translations
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Etymology 2
editEllipsis of chili con carne, from Spanish chile con carne (literally “chili with meat”).
Noun
editchili (uncountable)
- (chiefly US) A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.
- Synonym: chili con carne
- (Cincinnati) Cincinnati chili.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editAnagrams
editCentral Huasteca Nahuatl
editNoun
editchili
Central Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
edit- (Amecameca, Cholula and Milpa Alta): chilli
Etymology
editFrom Classical Nahuatl chilli.
Noun
editchili
Danish
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -i
Noun
editchili c (singular definite chilien, plural indefinite chilifrugter)
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowing from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchili m (plural chilis)
- chili pepper
- Synonym: chilipeper
- chili (dish)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Chili (doorverwijspagina on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English chili, from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchili
- chili
- Synonyms: chilipippuri, (archaic) turkinpippuri
Usage notes
edit- 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
editInflection of chili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 | |
abessive | chilittä | chileittä | |
instructive | — | chilein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “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
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editchili m
- chili, chili con carne
Italian
editNoun
editchili m
Anagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editchili m
References
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editchili m
References
edit- “chili” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Ometepec Nahuatl
editNoun
editchili
Polish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Spanish chili.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchili n (indeclinable)
Further reading
editPortuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editchili 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)
Romanian
editVerb
edita chili (third-person singular present chilește, past participle chilit) 4th conjugation
Conjugation
editinfinitive | a chili | ||||||
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gerund | chilind | ||||||
past participle | chilit | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | chilesc | chilești | chilește | chilim | chiliți | chilesc | |
imperfect | chileam | chileai | chilea | chileam | chileați | chileau | |
simple perfect | chilii | chiliși | chili | chilirăm | chilirăți | chiliră | |
pluperfect | chilisem | chiliseși | chilise | chiliserăm | chiliserăți | chiliseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să chilesc | să chilești | să chilească | să chilim | să chiliți | să chilească | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | chilește | chiliți | |||||
negative | nu chili | nu chiliți |
References
editSpanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchili m (plural chilis)
- chili, chili con carne (dish)
- Synonym: chili con carne
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “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
editNoun
editchili c
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | chili | chilis |
definite | chilin | chilins | |
plural | indefinite | chilifrukter | chilifrukters |
definite | chilifrukterna | chilifrukternas |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- chilisås (“chili sauce”)
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
editNoun
editchili
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪli
- Rhymes:English/ɪli/2 syllables
- English terms with homophones
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English terms with quotations
- English ellipses
- American English
- Cincinnati English
- en:Foods
- en:Peppers
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl nouns
- Central Nahuatl terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl nouns
- Tlaxcala Central Nahuatl
- Rhymes:Danish/i
- Rhymes:Danish/i/2 syllables
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish terms spelled with C
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Foods
- Dutch terms borrowed from Spanish
- Dutch terms derived from Spanish
- Dutch terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ili
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Peppers
- nl:Foods
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish terms derived from Spanish
- Finnish terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ili
- Rhymes:Finnish/ili/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with C
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Foods
- French terms borrowed from Spanish
- French terms derived from Spanish
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian noun forms
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with C
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Ometepec Nahuatl lemmas
- Ometepec Nahuatl nouns
- nht:Vegetables
- Polish terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Polish terms borrowed from Spanish
- Polish unadapted borrowings from Spanish
- Polish terms derived from Spanish
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ili
- Rhymes:Polish/ili/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Foods
- pl:Peppers
- pl:Spices
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Spanish
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from Spanish
- Portuguese terms derived from Spanish
- Portuguese terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese uncountable nouns
- pt:Peppers
- pt:Spices
- pt:Foods
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian verbs
- Romanian verbs in 4th conjugation
- Romanian obsolete forms
- Spanish terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ili
- Rhymes:Spanish/ili/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Foods
- Western Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Western Huasteca Nahuatl nouns