chili

See also Chili

English

Alternative forms

• chile (US regional)
• chilli (non US)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chili (plural chilis or chilies)

1. The 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 of said fruit and other ingredients, such as beans, but not containing meat.

Synonyms

• chili pepper

Derived terms

• chili con carne
• chili con queso

Translations

spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: лют червен пипер (bg) Chamicuro: chichi Chinese: 椒 Danish: chili (da) Finnish: chili (fi), chili-pippuri (fi) Georgian: please add this translation if you can Greek: τσίλι (el) (tsíli) n. Japanese: チリ (ja) (chiri) Latvian: čili (lv)

Marathi: लाल मिरची (mr) Navajo: azeedíchʼííʼ Persian: please add this translation if you can Russian: красный перец (ru) (krásnyj pérec) m. Spanish: chile (es) m., ají (es) m. Swahili: pili pili (sw) Swedish: chili (sv) Taos: cìli’íne Turkish: please add this translation if you can Tz'utujil: iik

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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.