chili

See also: Chili and chīlì

English

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (US):

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪliː/

  • Audio (Received Pronunciation):

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• Rhymes: -ɪli
• Homophones: Chile, chile, chilli, chilly

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Noun

chili (countable and uncountable, plural chilis or chilies)

1. (countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.

   Synonym: chili pepper

   • 1874, Finlay Dun, “Peppers”, in Veterinary Medicines: Their Actions and Uses, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.: William Wood & Company, →OCLC, 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. (uncountable) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.

   Synonym: chili powder

3. (Indian Chinese cuisine) A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.

Derived terms

• bird's eye chili
• chili crab
• chili dip
• chilidog
• chilified
• chilihead
• chili oil
• chili pepper
• chili powder
• chili sauce
• ghost chili
• malagueta chili
• white chili

 

Descendants

• → Welsh: tsili

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 ḥarrāʔ)

• Armenian: չիլի (hy) (čʻili), չիլի պղպեղ (čʻili pġpeġ)
• 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)

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

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

• Classical Nahuatl: chilli
• Danish: chili (da)
• Dutch: chili (nl), chilipeper (nl)
• Dzongkha: ཨེ་མ (e ma)
• Esperanto: kapsiketo
• Fijian: boro gaga
• Finnish: chili (fi), chilipippuri (fi), chili-pippuri
• French: piment (fr) m
• Galician: chile (gl) m
• Georgian: წიწაკა (c̣ic̣aḳa)
• German: Chili (de) f
• Greek: τσίλι (el) n (tsíli)
• Guaraní: ky'ỹi
• Gujarati: મરચું (marcũ)
• Hawaiian: nīoi
• Hebrew: פלפלת צ'ילי
• Hindi: मिर्च (hi) (mirc), हरी मिर्च (harī mirc)
• Hungarian: csili (hu), csilipaprika (hu)
• Indonesian: cabai (id), lombok (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)
• Javanese: lombok (jv), ꦭꦺꦴꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (lombok)
• Kannada: ಮೆಣಸಿನಕಾಯಿ (kn) (meṇasinakāyi)
• 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: cabai (ms) (North Peninsula, Riau Islands), lada (ms) (Sumatra, Negeri Sembilan), cili (ms) (Malaysia), lombok (ms)
• Malayalam: മുളക് (ml) (muḷakŭ)
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Manchu: ᡴᠠᡴᡳᡵᡳ (kakiri)
• Maori: hirikakā
• Marathi: लाल मिरची (lāl mircī)
• Mingrelian: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: улаан чинжүү (ulaan činžüü)
• Navajo: azeedíchʼííʼ
• Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: chili (no) m

  Nynorsk: chili m

• Odia: ଲଙ୍କାମରିଚ (laṅkāmarica)
• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Panamint: tsita
• Persian: فلفل قرمز (fa) (felfel-e qermez)
• Polish: chili (pl) n
• Portuguese: chili m, chile (pt) m
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Quechua: utsu, uchu (qu)
• Rarotongan: ‘ōporo
• 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: sile
• Tahitian: ‘ōporo
• Tamil: மிளகாய் (ta) (miḷakāy)
• Taos: cìliʼíne
• Telugu: ఎండు మిరపకాయ (te) (eṇḍu mirapakāya)
• Thai: พริก (th) (prík)
• Tibetan: བསིལ་སྨན (bsil sman), དམར་ཚ (dmar tsha)
• Turkish: acı biber (tr)
• Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
• Tz'utujil: iik
• Urdu: مرچ (mirca, mirc)
• Uyghur: لازا (ug) (laza)
• Vietnamese: ớt (vi)
• Welsh: tsili m
• White Hmong: kua txob
• Yucatec Maya: yeh u'yaal a'kab yich che'
• Zhuang: lwgmanh

spice

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: شطة f (šaṭṭa)

• 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 (gl) m
• Greek: τσίλι (el) n (tsíli)
• Hungarian: csili (hu)
• Malayalam: മുളക് (ml) (muḷakŭ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: chili (no) m

  Nynorsk: chili m

• Polish: chili (pl) n
• Portuguese: chili m, chile (pt) m
• Spanish: ají molido m, pimienta roja f, ají en polvo m
• Swedish: chili (sv) c
• Vietnamese: ớt (vi)

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of chili con carne, from Spanish chile con carne (literally “chili with meat”).

Noun

chili (uncountable)

1. (chiefly US) A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.

   Synonym: chili con carne

2. (Cincinnati) Cincinnati chili.

Derived terms

• chiliburger
• chili cheese
• chili dog
• chili parlor
• chili powder
• chili queen
• chili size
• Cincinnati chili
• Texas chili

 

Translations

dish — see chili con carne

Anagrams

• Ilchi, lichi

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

chili

1. chili

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Amecameca, Cholula and Milpa Alta): chilli

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl chilli.

Noun

chili

1. chili pepper

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

chili c (singular definite chilien, plural indefinite chilifrugter)

1. chili

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 pepper

   Synonym: chilipeper

2. chili (dish)

Derived terms

• chilipeper
• chilipoeder
• chilivlok

 

Further reading

• Chili (doorverwijspagina on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English chili, from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃili/, [ˈt̪ʃili]
• IPA^(key): /ˈtsili/, [ˈts̠ili]
• Rhymes: -ili
• Hyphenation^(key): chi‧li

Noun

chili

1. chili

   Synonyms: chilipippuri, (archaic) turkinpippuri

Usage notes

• chili is seldom used to describe the sauce outside of the fixed name chili con carne. It may instead be called chilikastike or salsa.

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
abessive		chilittä	chileittä
instructive		—	chilein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of chili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative chilini chilini accusative nom. chilini chilini gen. chilini genitive chilini chilieni partitive chiliäni chilejäni inessive chilissäni chileissäni elative chilistäni chileistäni illative chiliini chileihini adessive chililläni chileilläni ablative chililtäni chileiltäni allative chililleni chileilleni essive chilinäni chileinäni translative chilikseni chileikseni abessive chilittäni chileittäni instructive — — comitative — chileineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative chilisi chilisi accusative nom. chilisi chilisi gen. chilisi genitive chilisi chiliesi partitive chiliäsi chilejäsi inessive chilissäsi chileissäsi elative chilistäsi chileistäsi illative chiliisi chileihisi adessive chililläsi chileilläsi ablative chililtäsi chileiltäsi allative chilillesi chileillesi essive chilinäsi chileinäsi translative chiliksesi chileiksesi abessive chilittäsi chileittäsi instructive — — comitative — chileinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative chilimme chilimme accusative nom. chilimme chilimme gen. chilimme genitive chilimme chiliemme partitive chiliämme chilejämme inessive chilissämme chileissämme elative chilistämme chileistämme illative chiliimme chileihimme adessive chilillämme chileillämme ablative chililtämme chileiltämme allative chilillemme chileillemme essive chilinämme chileinämme translative chiliksemme chileiksemme abessive chilittämme chileittämme instructive — — comitative — chileinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative chilinne chilinne accusative nom. chilinne chilinne gen. chilinne genitive chilinne chilienne partitive chiliänne chilejänne inessive chilissänne chileissänne elative chilistänne chileistänne illative chiliinne chileihinne adessive chilillänne chileillänne ablative chililtänne chileiltänne allative chilillenne chileillenne essive chilinänne chileinänne translative chiliksenne chileiksenne abessive chilittänne chileittänne instructive — — comitative — chileinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative chilinsä chilinsä accusative nom. chilinsä chilinsä gen. chilinsä genitive chilinsä chiliensä partitive chiliään chiliänsä chilejään chilejänsä inessive chilissään chilissänsä chileissään chileissänsä elative chilistään chilistänsä chileistään chileistänsä illative chiliinsä chileihinsä adessive chilillään chilillänsä chileillään chileillänsä ablative chililtään chililtänsä chileiltään chileiltänsä allative chililleen chilillensä chileilleen chileillensä essive chilinään chilinänsä chileinään chileinänsä translative chilikseen chiliksensä chileikseen chileiksensä abessive chilittään chilittänsä chileittään chileittänsä instructive — — comitative — chileineen chileinensä

Derived terms

compounds

• chilikastike
• chilipaprika
• chilipata
• chilipippuri
• chiliöljy

 

Further reading

• “chili”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chili.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.li/, /tʃi.li/

• Audio:

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Noun

chili m

1. chili, chili con carne

Italian

Noun

chili m

1. plural of chilo

Anagrams

• lichi

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

chili m

1. chili

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

chili m

1. chili

References

• “chili” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Ometepec Nahuatl

Noun

chili

1. chili pepper

Polish

Alternative forms

• chilli

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish chili.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʂi.li/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ili
• Syllabification: chi‧li

Noun

chili n (indeclinable)

1. chili (spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum)
2. chili (spice)

Further reading

• chili in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• chili in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chile

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.li/, /ˈt͡ʃi.li/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.li/, /ˈt͡ʃi.li/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.li/, /ˈt͡ʃi.li/
  • (Northern Portugal) 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)

Romanian

Verb

a chili (third-person singular present chilește, past participle chilit) 4th conjugation

1. Obsolete form of pili.

Conjugation

    conjugation of chili (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a chili
gerund			chilind
past participle			chilit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	chilesc	chilești	chilește	chilim	chiliți	chilesc
	imperfect	chileam	chileai	chilea	chileam	chileați	chileau
	simple perfect	chilii	chiliși	chili	chilirăm	chilirăți	chiliră
	pluperfect	chilisem	chiliseși	chilise	chiliserăm	chiliserăți	chiliseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să chilesc	să chilești	să chilească	să chilim	să chiliți	să chilească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		chilește			chiliți
	negative		nu chili			nu chiliți

References

• chili in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃili/ [ˈt͡ʃi.li]
• Rhymes: -ili
• Syllabification: chi‧li

Noun

chili m (plural chilis)

1. chili, chili con carne (dish)

   Synonym: chili con carne

Derived terms

• carne con chili
• chili con carne

 

Further reading

• “chili”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

chili c

1. chili

Declension

Declension of chili

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	chili	chilis
	definite	chilin	chilins
plural	indefinite	chilifrukter	chilifrukters
	definite	chilifrukterna	chilifrukternas

Synonyms

• chilipeppar
• chilifrukt

Derived terms

• chilisås (“chili sauce”)

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

chili

1. chili pepper.