chilli

English

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Alternative forms

• chile, chili (US)

Etymology

From Nahuatl chilli, via Spanish.

Pronunciation

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

Homophones: Chile, chile, chili, chilly

Noun

chilli (plural chillis or chillies)

1. Alternative form of chili. Alternative form of chile. (a pepper)

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

2. (uncountable) Alternative form of chili: 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

fresh or dried fruit, capsicum pepper — see chili

chili con carne — see chili con carne

spice

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

• Hungarian: csili (hu)
• Swedish: chili (sv) c