Chilean

English

Alternative forms

• Chilian (dated, now rare)

Etymology

Chile +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪli.ən/, /t͡ʃɪˈliːən/, /t͡ʃɪˈleɪən/

• Audio (UK):

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Adjective

Chilean (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:

     The Chilean Amphijubula Schust. (Schuster, 1970a) which has the facies of a small Frullania and agrees with Frullania in leaf insertion and branching, has a nontiered seta with 16 epidermal cell rows surrounding 4 inner rows.

Derived terms

• Chileanness

Translations

pertaining to Chile

• Armenian: չիլիական (čʻiliakan)
• Asturian: chilenu (ast)
• Bulgarian: чилийски (čilijski)
• Catalan: xilè (ca)
• Czech: chilský (cs)
• Dutch: Chileens (nl), Chileense (nl)
• Finnish: chileläinen (fi)
• French: chilien (fr) m, chilienne (fr) f
• Galician: chileno (gl)
• German: chilenisch (de)
• Hungarian: chilei (hu)
• Irish: Sileach
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• Italian: cileno (it) m, cilena (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: chilensk

  Nynorsk: chilensk (nn)

• Polish: chilijski (pl)
• Portuguese: chileno (pt) m, chilena f
• Romanian: chilian (ro), cilian (ro)
• Russian: чили́йский (ru) (čilíjskij)
• Spanish: chileno (es)
• Swahili: Kichile
• Swedish: chilensk (sv)
• Ukrainian: чилі́йський (čylíjsʹkyj)
• Volapük: Cilänik (vo)

pertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans

• Catalan: xilè (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 智利人 (Zhìlìrén)

• French: chilien (fr) m, chilienne (fr) f
• Galician: chileno (gl) m
• German: chilenisch (de)
• Irish: Sileach
• Italian: cileno (it) m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: chilensk

  Nynorsk: chilensk (nn)

• Romanian: chilian (ro), cilian (ro)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Cilänanik, (♂) hi-Cilänanik, (♀) ji-Cilänanik

Noun

Chilean (plural Chileans)

1. A person from Chile or of Chilean descent.

Translations

person from Chile

• Armenian: չիլիացի (čʻiliacʻi)
• Asturian: chilenu (ast) m
• Bulgarian: чилиец m (čiliec), чилийка f (čilijka)
• Catalan: xilè (ca) m, xilena (ca) f
• Czech: Chilan (cs) m
• Dutch: Chileen (nl) m, Chileense (nl) f
• Finnish: chileläinen (fi)
• French: Chilien (fr) m, Chilienne (fr) f
• Galician: chileno (gl) m
• German: Chilene (de) m, Chilenin (de) f
• Greek: Χιλιανός (el) m (Chilianós), Χιλιανή (el) f (Chilianí)
• Hebrew: צ'יליאני m (chiliani), צ'יליאנית f (chilianit)
• Irish: Sileach m
• Italian: cileno (it) m, cilena (it) f, cileni (it) m pl, cilene (it) f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: chilener m

  Nynorsk: chilen (nn) m, chilenar (nn) m

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• Polish: Chilijczyk (pl) m, Chilijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: chileno (pt) m, chilena f
• Romanian: chilian (ro) m, chiliană (ro) f, cilian (ro) m, ciliană f
• Russian: чили́ец (ru) m (čilíjec), чили́йка (ru) f (čilíjka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Чилеа́нац m

  Roman: Čileánac (sh) m, Čileanka f

• Spanish: chileno (es) m, chilena (es) f
• Swahili: Mchile (sw)
• Swedish: chilenare (sv) c, chilenska (sv) c
• Turkish: Şilili (tr)
• Ukrainian: чилі́єць m (čylíjecʹ), чилі́йка f (čylíjka)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Cilänan (vo), (♂) hi-Cilänan, (♀) ji-Cilänan

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