chilensis

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Chile +‎ -ēnsis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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chilēnsis (neuter chilēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (New Latin) Chilean

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative chilēnsis chilēnse chilēnsēs chilēnsia
Genitive chilēnsis chilēnsium
Dative chilēnsī chilēnsibus
Accusative chilēnsem chilēnse chilēnsēs
chilēnsīs
chilēnsia
Ablative chilēnsī chilēnsibus
Vocative chilēnsis chilēnse chilēnsēs chilēnsia
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Spanish

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Etymology

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From New Latin chilensis, from Chile + -ēnsis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈlensis/ [t͡ʃiˈlẽn.sis]
  • Rhymes: -ensis
  • Syllabification: chi‧len‧sis

Adjective

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chilensis (invariable)

  1. Chilean

Noun

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chilensis (invariable)

  1. (informal) Chilean Spanish; any of several varieties of the Spanish language spoken in most of Chile.

Further reading

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  • chilensis” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.