chilli

Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• chile (US regional)
• chili (US)

Etymology

From Nahuatl chilli

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtʃɪl.iː/, SAMPA: /"tSIl.i:/

Homophones: Chile, chile, chili, chilly

Noun

chilli (plural chillis or chillies)

1. The pungent fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum.

   The farmers’ market had a wide variety of chillis from anchos to jalepenos to habeneros.

2. (uncountable) Chili con carne.

   I fancy having some chilli for dinner tonight. What about you, Sandra?

3. (uncountable) Powdered chilli peppers, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.

   I want to make this pasta spicy so I’m going to add some chilli to it.

Translations

fruit

Finnish: chilipippuri (fi) Georgian: please add this translation if you can

Marathi: लाल मिरची (mr) Swedish: chilipeppar (sv) c.

chili con carne

Finnish: chilipata (fi)

Swedish: chili con carne (sv) c.

spice

Finnish: chilipulveri (fi), chili (fi) Greek: τσίλι (el) (tsíli) n.

Swedish: chili (sv) c.