chili

See also Chili

English

Alternative forms

• chile (US)
• chilli (UK)

Etymology

A variant of chilli; see that entry for more information.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtʃɪl.iː/, X-SAMPA: /"tSIl.i:/
• Homophones: Chile, chile, chilli, chilly

Noun

chili (plural chilis or chilies)

1. 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 Mexican, Indian, and Tex-Mex cuisine.
2. A dish made with this fruit and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.

Synonyms

• chili pepper

Derived terms

• chili con carne
• chili con queso

Translations

spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: فلفل حار (ar) (filfil ḥār) m

  Egyptian Arabic: فلفل حراق (felfel ḥarrāʾ) m

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Avar: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: лют червен пипер (bg) (ljut červen piper)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Chamicuro: chichi
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辣椒 (cmn) (làjiāo), 椒 (cmn) (jiāo)

• Danish: chili (da)
• Esperanto: kapsiketo (eo)
• Finnish: chili (fi), chilipippuri (fi), chili-pippuri (fi)
• French: piment (fr) m
• Georgian: წიწაკა (ka) (cicaka)
• Greek: τσίλι (el) (tsíli) n
• Gujarati: મરચું (gu) (maracuṁ)
• Hebrew: פלפלת צ'ילי (he)
• Hindi: मिर्च (hi) (mirca, mirc)
• Hungarian: csili (hu), csilipaprika (hu)
• Indonesian: cabai (id)
• Japanese: チリ (ja) (chiri), 唐辛子 (ja) (とうがらし, tōgarashi)
• Korean: 칠리 (ko) (chiri), 고추 (ko) (gochu)
• Lao: ໝາກເຜັດ (lo) (maak-phet)
• Latvian: čili (lv)

• Laz: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: cili (ms), lada (ms), lombok (ms)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: लाल मिरची (mr)
• Mingrelian: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: azeedíchʼííʼ
• Oriya: ଲଙ୍କାମରିଚ (or)
• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: فلفل قرمز (fa) (felfel-e qermez)
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: красный перец (ru) (krásnyj pérec) m, горький перец (ru) (górʹkij pérec) m, перец чили (ru) (pérec číli) m
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: chile (es) m (Mex, CentAm), ají (es) m (SouthAm), pimiento (es) m
• Swahili: pili pili (sw)
• Swedish: chili (sv), chilipeppar (sv) c
• Tamil: மிளகாய் (ta) (miḷakāy)
• Taos: cìli’íne
• Thai: พริก (th) (prík)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
• Tz'utujil: iik
• Urdu: مرچ (ur) (mirca, mirc)
• Vietnamese: ớt (vi), ớt cay (vi)
• Telugu: ఎండు మిరపకాయ (te) (endu mirapakaya)

chili con carne — see chili con carne

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Finnish

Noun

chili

1. chili

Declension

Declension of chili (type risti) singular plural nominative chili chilit genitive chilin chilien partitive chiliä chilejä accusative chili chilin chilit 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

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Italian

Noun

chili

1. Plural form of chilo