Chile

See also: chile, Chíle, and Chi-lê

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Chile

Wikipedia

Alternative forms[edit]

Chili (dated, now rare)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish Chile, probably from Quechua chiri (“cold”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪl.e/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiː.leɪ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃileɪ/, /ˈt͡ʃilɛ/, /ˈt͡ʃɪli/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪli, -ɪleɪ
Homophones: chile, chili, chilli, chilly

Proper noun[edit]

Chile

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.
While I come from Chile, my husband is from England.

Derived terms[edit]

Chile pine

Translations[edit]

country in South America

Abkhaz: Чили (Čili)
Adyghe: Чили (Čili)
Afrikaans: Chili
Akan: Kyili
Albanian: Kili (sq) f (indefinite), Kilia f
Amharic: ቺሌ m (čile)
Arabic: تْشِيلِي (ar) f (tšīlī), شِيلِي f (šīlī),
Hijazi Arabic: تْشيلي f (tšīli)
Armenian: Չիլի (Čʻili)
Assamese: চিলি (sili)
Asturian: Chile (ast)
Aymara: Chili
Azerbaijani: Çili (az)
Basque: Txile
Belarusian: Чы́лі f (Čýli)
Bengali: চিলি (bn) (cili)
Bhutanese: ཅི་ལེ (ci le)
Breton: Chile (br)
Bulgarian: Чи́ли (bg) n (Číli)
Burmese: ခ္ယီလီ (hka.yili)
Catalan: Xile (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 智利 (zi³ lei⁶)

Mandarin: 智利 (zh) (Zhìlì)
Czech: Chile (cs) n
Danish: Chile (da) n
Dhivehi: ޗިލީ (cilī)
Dutch: Chili (nl) n
Esperanto: Ĉilio (eo)
Estonian: Tšiili (et)
Farefare: Tcile, Tcili, Sili
Faroese: Kili (fo)
Finnish: Chile (fi)
French: Chili (fr) m
Galician: Chile (gl) m
Georgian: ჩილე (čile)
German: Chile (de) n
Greek: Χιλή (el) f (Chilí)
Gujarati: ચીલી (cīlī)
Haitian Creole: Chili
Hebrew: צִ׳ילֶה f (chíle)
Hindi: चिली (hi) m (cilī)
Hungarian: Chile (hu)
Icelandic: Chile (is) f, Síle (is) f
Ido: Chile (io)
Indonesian: Chili (id)
Interlingua: Chile (ia)
Irish: An tSile f
Italian: Cile (it) m
Japanese: チリ (ja) (Chiri)
Kalenjin: Chile
Kamba: Chile
Kannada: ಚಿಲಿ (kn) (cili)
Kazakh: Чили (kk) (Çili)
Khmer: ស៊ីលី (km) (siilii)
Kikuyu: Chile
Korean: 칠레 (ko) (Chille)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Şilî (ku), Şîlî (ku)
Kyrgyz: Чили (ky) (Cili)
Lao: ຊີເລ (sī lē)
Latin: Cile, Chile (la)
Latvian: Čīle (lv) f
Lithuanian: Čilė (lt) f
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: Chili (nds)

German Low German: Chile (nds)
Luhya: Chile
Luo: Chile
Macedonian: Чиле (mk) n (Čile)
Malay: Chile (ms)
Malayalam: ചിലി (ml) (cili)
Maltese: iċ-Ċilì
Mapudungun: Chile
Meru: Chile
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Чили (Čili)
Navajo: Chíilii
Nepali: चिली (cilī)
Norman: Chile m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Chile (no) n
Odia: ଚିଲି (or) (cili)
Ossetian: Чили (Ḱili)
Pashto: چيلي f (čili)
Persian:
Dari: چِلِی (fa) (čilī)

Iranian Persian: شیلی (fa) (šili)
Polish: Chile (pl) n
Portuguese: Chile (pt)
Punjabi: ਚਿਲੀ (cilī)
Quechua: Chili
Rapa Nui: Tire
Rarotongan: Tīre
Romanian: Chile (ro) m
Russian: Чи́ли (ru) f or n (Číli)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Чи̏ле m

Roman: Čȉle (sh) m
Sicilian: Cili m
Sinhalese: චිලි (cili)
Slovak: Čile n
Slovene: Číle (sl) m
Spanish: Chile (es) m
Sranan Tongo: Chili
Swahili: Chile (sw)
Swedish: Chile (sv) n
Tagalog: Tsile, Chile
Tajik: Чили (tg) (Čili)
Tamil: சிலி (cili)
Tatar: Чили (Çili)
Telugu: చిలీ (te) (cilī)
Thai: ชิลี (th) (chí-lii)
Tibetan: ཅི་ལི (ci li)
Tigrinya: ቺሌ (čile)
Turkish: Şili (tr)
Turkmen: Çili
Ukrainian: Чи́лі (uk) f (Čýli)
Urdu: چِلِی m (cilī)
Uzbek: Chili (uz)
Vietnamese: Chi-lê
Volapük: Cilän (vo)
Yiddish: טשילע n (tshile)
Yoruba: Ṣílè

Anagrams[edit]

Liech., cheli-, chiel, elchi, lechi

Alemannic German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈχi.lə/

Noun[edit]

Chile f (plural Chilene, diminutive Chileli)

(Aargau, Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Lucerne, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Uri, Zug, St Gallen (Amden), Zürich) Alternative form of Chirche
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
  Si, wi haist jetzt au no di Pizzeria in Lecce, hinder de Chile?
  Hey, what's the name of the pizzeria in Lecce, behind the church?

Asturian[edit]

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

Chile

Wikipedia ^ast

Proper noun[edit]

Chile m

Chile (a country in South America)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Chile

Chile (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Chile

Chile (a country in South America)

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Chile

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish Chile, from Quechua chiri (“cold”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɪlɛ]
Homophone: čile
Rhymes: -ɪlɛ
Hyphenation: Chi‧le

Proper noun[edit]

Chile n (indeclinable, related adjective chilský, demonym Chilan, female demonym Chilanka)

Chile (a country in South America; official name: Chilská republika)

Danish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Chile

Chile (a country in South America)

Related terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Chile

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish Chile, from Quechua chiri.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːle/, [ˈʃiːle̞]
IPA^(key): /ˈtʃiːle/, [ˈt̪ʃiːle̞]
Syllabification^(key): Chi‧le

Proper noun[edit]

Chile

Chile (a country in South America)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of Chile (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Chile	—
genitive		Chilen	—
partitive		Chileä	—
illative		Chileen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Chile	—
accusative	nom.	Chile	—
accusative	gen.	Chilen	—
genitive		Chilen	—
partitive		Chileä	—
inessive		Chilessä	—
elative		Chilestä	—
illative		Chileen	—
adessive		Chilellä	—
ablative		Chileltä	—
allative		Chilelle	—
essive		Chilenä	—
translative		Chileksi	—
abessive		Chilettä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Chile (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Chileni	—
accusative	nom.	Chileni	—
accusative	gen.	Chileni	—
genitive		Chileni	—
partitive		Chileäni	—
inessive		Chilessäni	—
elative		Chilestäni	—
illative		Chileeni	—
adessive		Chilelläni	—
ablative		Chileltäni	—
allative		Chilelleni	—
essive		Chilenäni	—
translative		Chilekseni	—
abessive		Chilettäni	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Chilesi	—
accusative	nom.	Chilesi	—
accusative	gen.	Chilesi	—
genitive		Chilesi	—
partitive		Chileäsi	—
inessive		Chilessäsi	—
elative		Chilestäsi	—
illative		Chileesi	—
adessive		Chilelläsi	—
ablative		Chileltäsi	—
allative		Chilellesi	—
essive		Chilenäsi	—
translative		Chileksesi	—
abessive		Chilettäsi	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Chilemme	—
accusative	nom.	Chilemme	—
accusative	gen.	Chilemme	—
genitive		Chilemme	—
partitive		Chileämme	—
inessive		Chilessämme	—
elative		Chilestämme	—
illative		Chileemme	—
adessive		Chilellämme	—
ablative		Chileltämme	—
allative		Chilellemme	—
essive		Chilenämme	—
translative		Chileksemme	—
abessive		Chilettämme	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Chilenne	—
accusative	nom.	Chilenne	—
accusative	gen.	Chilenne	—
genitive		Chilenne	—
partitive		Chileänne	—
inessive		Chilessänne	—
elative		Chilestänne	—
illative		Chileenne	—
adessive		Chilellänne	—
ablative		Chileltänne	—
allative		Chilellenne	—
essive		Chilenänne	—
translative		Chileksenne	—
abessive		Chilettänne	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Chilensä	—
accusative	nom.	Chilensä	—
accusative	gen.	Chilensä	—
genitive		Chilensä	—
partitive		Chileään Chileänsä	—
inessive		Chilessään Chilessänsä	—
elative		Chilestään Chilestänsä	—
illative		Chileensä	—
adessive		Chilellään Chilellänsä	—
ablative		Chileltään Chileltänsä	—
allative		Chilelleen Chilellensä	—
essive		Chilenään Chilenänsä	—
translative		Chilekseen Chileksensä	—
abessive		Chilettään Chilettänsä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

Derived terms[edit]

chileläinen

compounds

Galician[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Chile

Chile (a country in South America)

Derived terms[edit]

chileno

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːlə/, /ˈʃiːlə/, /ˈçiːlə/
Audio (file)

Proper noun[edit]

Chile n (proper noun, genitive Chiles or (optionally with an article) Chile)

Chile (a country in South America)

Derived terms[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

Chile

Wikipedia ^hu

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiːlɛ]
Hyphenation: Chi‧le
Rhymes: -lɛ

Proper noun[edit]

Chile

Chile (a country in South America)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Chile	—
accusative	Chilét	—
dative	Chilének	—
instrumental	Chilével	—
causal-final	Chiléért	—
translative	Chilévé	—
terminative	Chiléig	—
essive-formal	Chileként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Chilében	—
superessive	Chilén	—
adessive	Chilénél	—
illative	Chilébe	—
sublative	Chilére	—
allative	Chiléhez	—
elative	Chiléből	—
delative	Chiléről	—
ablative	Chilétől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Chiléé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Chilééi	—

Possessive forms of Chile
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Chilém	—
2nd person sing.	Chiléd	—
3rd person sing.	Chiléje	—
1st person plural	Chilénk	—
2nd person plural	Chilétek	—
3rd person plural	Chiléjük	—

Derived terms[edit]

chilei

Interlingua[edit]

Interlingua Wikipedia has an article on:

Chile

Wikipedia ^ia

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.le/
Hyphenation: Chi‧le

Proper noun[edit]

Chile

Chile (a country in South America)

Mapudungun[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Chile

Chile (a country in South America)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Chile

Wikipedia ^no

Proper noun[edit]

Chile

Chile (a country in South America)

Related terms[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Chile

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Proper noun[edit]

Chile

Chile (a country in South America)

Related terms[edit]

chilen, chilenar
chilensk

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Chile

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʂi.lɛ/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ilɛ
Syllabification: Chi‧le

Proper noun[edit]

Chile n (indeclinable)

Chile (a country in South America)

Derived terms[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.li/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.le/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.lɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.lɨ/

Hyphenation: Chi‧le

Proper noun[edit]

Chile m

Chile (a country in South America)

Derived terms[edit]

chileno

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Chile

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology[edit]

From Quechua chiri (“cold”) or chili, or from Mapudungun chilli (“seagull Larus dominicanus”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃile/ [ˈt͡ʃi.le]
Rhymes: -ile
Syllabification: Chi‧le

Proper noun[edit]

Chile m

Chile (a country in South America)

Derived terms[edit]

chileno

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio (file)

Proper noun[edit]

Chile n (genitive Chiles)

Chile (a country in South America)

Related terms[edit]

Western Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Chile

Chile (a country in South America)

Chile

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