chili

See also: Chili and chīlì

English

Etymology

A variant of chilli; from Classical Nahuatl chilli, via Spanish chile.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪli/

• Audio (RP)

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪliː/
• Rhymes: -ɪli
• Homophones: Chile, chile, chilli, chilly

Noun

chili (countable and uncountable, plural chilis or chilies)

1. The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used especially to add heat, or as a flavouring in cooking; associated with certain cuisines including Mexican, Tex-Mex, Indian, Thai, and some parts of China.

   The farmers’ market had a wide variety of chilis from anchos to jalapeños to habaneros.

   • 1874, Finlay Dun, “Peppers”, in Veterinary Medicines: Their Actions and Uses, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.: William Wood & Company, OCLC 909784410, pages 442–443:

     Capsicum—the dried ripe fruit of Capsicum fastigiatum—is also known as Chilly pepper, Chillies, Guinea, or pod pepper, and is chiefly brought from Zanzibar. The several varieties differ in shape and size, are of a red colour, and filled with numerous red-brown, pungent seeds.

   • 2014, Jennifer Olvera, “Suburban Stunners, Stalwarts & Surprises”, in Amy Lyons, editor, Food Lovers’ Guide to Chicago: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings (Food Lovers’ Series), 2nd edition, Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 187:

     Kama Indian Bistro, […] Everything is made from scratch, including the spice blends and sauces; the ingredients are quality; and the heat is no-holds-barred. Planks of crispy, "chilly" potatoes and elegant, delicately flavored shrimp Sunnaina in white-wine garlic-tomato concassé are hits.

2. A dish made with this fruit and other ingredients, such as beans and beef; chili con carne.

   I fancy having some chili for dinner tonight. What about you?

3. (uncountable) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.

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

Alternative forms

• chile (US)
• chilli (Britain)
• chilly

Synonyms

• (pepper): chili pepper
• (dish): chili con carne

Derived terms

Terms derived from chili

• chili cheese
• chili con carne
• chili con queso
• chili dog
• chili pepper
• chili sauce

 

Translations

spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: فِلْفِل حَار‎ m (filfil ḥār)

  Egyptian Arabic: فلفل حراق‎ m (felfel ḥarrāʾ)

• Armenian: չիլի (čʿili), չիլի պղպեղ (čʿili płpeł)
• Assamese: জলকীয়া (zolokia), মৰিচ (moris) (uncommon), ভূঁই-জালুক (bhũi-zaluk) (uncommon)
• Avar: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: лют червен пипер (ljut červen piper)
• Burmese: ငရုတ် (my) (nga.rut)
• Chamicuro: chichi
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 辣椒 (laat⁶ ziu¹), 椒 (ziu¹)

  Mandarin: 辣椒 (zh) (làjiāo), 椒 (zh) (jiāo)

  Min Dong: 番椒 (huăng-ciĕu), 辣椒 (lăk-ciĕu)

• Danish: chili (da)
• Dutch: chili (nl), chilipeper (nl)
• Esperanto: kapsiketo
• Finnish: chili (fi), chilipippuri, chili-pippuri
• French: piment (fr) m
• Galician: chile m
• Georgian: წიწაკა (c̣ic̣aḳa)
• German: Chili (de) f
• Greek: τσίλι n (tsíli)
• Guaraní: ky'ỹi
• Gujarati: મરચું (marcũ)
• Hebrew: פלפלת צ'ילי‎
• Hindi: मिर्च (hi) (mirc)
• Hungarian: csili (hu), csilipaprika
• Indonesian: cabai (id)
• Isan: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: peperoncino (it) m
• Japanese: チリ (ja) (chiri), 唐辛子 (ja) (とうがらし, tōgarashi)
• Kaqchikel: ik
• Khmer: ម្ទេស (km) (mteih)
• Korean: 칠리 (chilli), 고추 (ko) (gochu)
• Lao: ໝາກເຜັດ (lo) (māk phet)
• Latvian: čili
• Laz: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: paprika f
• Lü: ᦖᦱᧅᦘᦲᧅ (ṁaakphiik)
• Malay: cili, lada, lombok

• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: लाल मिरची (lāl mircī)
• Mingrelian: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: улаан чинжүү (ulaan činžüü)
• Nahuatl: chīlli (nah)
• Navajo: azeedíchʼííʼ
• Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: chili (no) m

  Nynorsk: chili m

• Oriya: ଲଙ୍କାମରିଚ (lôṅkamôricô)
• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Panamint: tsita
• Persian: فلفل قرمز‎ (fa) (felfel-e qermez)
• Portuguese: chili m, chile m
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Quechua: utsu, uchu (qu)
• Russian: кра́сный пе́рец (ru) m (krásnyj pérec), го́рький пе́рец m (górʹkij pérec), пе́рец чи́ли m (pérec číli), чи́ли (ru) n (číli)
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Southern Thai: ดีปรี
• Spanish: chile (es) m (Mexico, Central America, Philippines), ají (es) m (South America), pimiento (es) m
• Swahili: pili pili
• Swedish: chili (sv), chilipeppar (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠝꠞꠤꠌ (moris)
• Tagalog: Template:t-sile
• Tamil: மிளகாய் (ta) (miḷakāy)
• Taos: cìli’íne
• Telugu: ఎండు మిరపకాయ (te) (eṇḍu mirapakāya)
• Thai: พริก (th) (prík)
• Tibetan: བསིལ་སྨན (bsil sman), དམར་ཚ (dmar tsha)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
• Tz'utujil: iik
• Urdu: مرچ‎ (mirca, mirc)
• Uyghur: لازا‎ (ug) (laza)
• Vietnamese: ớt (vi), ớt cay
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Yucatec Maya: yeh u'yaal a'kab yich che'
• Zhuang: lwgmanh

chili con carne — see chili con carne

spice

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: شطة‎ f (šaṭa)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 辣椒 (laat⁶ ziu¹), 辣椒粉 (laat⁶ ziu¹ fan²) (powder)

  Mandarin: 辣椒 (zh) (làjiāo), 辣椒粉 (làjiāofěn) (powder)

• Finnish: chilipulveri, chili (fi)
• Galician: chile m

• Greek: τσίλι n (tsíli)
• Hungarian: csili (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: chili (no) m

  Nynorsk: chili m

• Portuguese: chili m, chile m
• Swedish: chili (sv) c

Anagrams

• lichi

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

chili

1. chile.

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

chili c (singular definite chilien, plural indefinite chilifrugter)

1. chili

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(t)ʃi.li/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: chi‧li
• Rhymes: -ili

Noun

chili m (plural chilis)

1. chili

Synonyms

• chilipeper

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

chili

1. Alternative spelling of chilli, chili pepper.

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Finnish

Noun

chili

1. chili

Declension

Inflection of chili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		chili	chilit
genitive		chilin	chilien
partitive		chiliä	chilejä
illative		chiliin	chileihin
		singular	plural
nominative		chili	chilit
accusative	nom.	chili	chilit
	gen.	chilin
genitive		chilin	chilien
partitive		chiliä	chilejä
inessive		chilissä	chileissä
elative		chilistä	chileistä
illative		chiliin	chileihin
adessive		chilillä	chileillä
ablative		chililtä	chileiltä
allative		chilille	chileille
essive		chilinä	chileinä
translative		chiliksi	chileiksi
instructive		—	chilein
abessive		chilittä	chileittä
comitative		—	chileineen

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Italian

Noun

chili m

1. plural of chilo

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

chili m

1. chili

References

• “chili” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “chili” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

chili m

1. chili

References

• “chili” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chile

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.li/

Noun

chili m (plural chilis)

1. chili pepper (piquant fruit of Capsicum plants, especially the varieties used in Mexican cuisine)
2. (uncountable) chili (spice made from chili peppers)
3. (uncountable) chili; chili con carne (dish of meat, beans, tomato sauce and chili)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃili/

Noun

chili m (plural chilis)

1. chili, chili con carne (dish)

   Synonym: chili con carne

Derived terms

• chili con carne

Further reading

• “chili” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Noun

chili c

1. chili

Declension

Declension of chili
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	chili	chilin	chilifrukter	chilifrukterna
Genitive	chilis	chilins	chilifrukters	chilifrukternas

Synonyms

• chilipeppar