# chili
## English
### Alternative forms

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪli/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (UK) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪliː/
** Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)
* 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)
* (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.
* (uncountable) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
    Synonym: chili powder
* (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

* → Dutch: chili
* → Malay: cili
* → Welsh: tsili

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

chili (uncountable)
* (chiefly US) A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.
    Synonym: chili con carne
* (Cincinnati) Cincinnati chili.

##### Derived terms

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

##### Translations
### Anagrams

* Ilchi, lichi

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Noun

chili
* chili

## Central Nahuatl
### Alternative forms

* (Amecameca, Cholula and Milpa Alta): chilli

### Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl chilli.

### Noun

chili
* chili pepper

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -i

### Noun

chili c (singular definite chilien, plural indefinite chilier)
* chili
    Synonym: chilipeber

#### Declension
### References

* “chili” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈ(t)ʃi.li/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: chi‧li
* Rhymes: -ili

### Noun

chili m (plural chilis)
* chili pepper
    Synonym: chilipeper
* 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: /ˈtʃili/, [ˈt̪ʃili]
* IPA: /ˈtsili/, [ˈts̠ili]
* Rhymes: -ili
* Hyphenation: chi‧li

### Noun

chili
* 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

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

* chilikastike
* chilipaprika
* chilipata
* chilipippuri
* chiliöljy

### Further reading

* “chili”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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: /ʃi.li/, /tʃi.li/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

chili m
* chili, chili con carne

## Italian
### Noun

chili m
* plural of chilo

### Anagrams

* lichi

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

chili m
* chili

### References

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

chili m
* chili

### References

* “chili” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Ometepec Nahuatl
### Noun

chili
* chili pepper

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* chilli

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish chili.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʂi.li/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ili
* Syllabification: chi‧li

### Noun

chili n (indeclinable)
* chili (spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum)
* 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: /ˈʃi.li/, /ˈt͡ʃi.li/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃi.li/, /ˈt͡ʃi.li/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃi.li/, /ˈt͡ʃi.li/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.li/

### Noun

chili m (plural chilis)
* chili pepper (piquant fruit of Capsicum plants, especially the varieties used in Mexican cuisine)
* (uncountable) chili (spice made from chili peppers)
* (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
* Obsolete form of pili.

#### Conjugation
### 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: /ˈt͡ʃili/ [ˈt͡ʃi.li]
* Rhymes: -ili
* Syllabification: chi‧li

### Noun

chili m (plural chilis)
* 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
* chili

#### Synonyms

* chilipeppar
* chilifrukt

#### Derived terms

* chilisås (“chili sauce”)

## Western Huasteca Nahuatl
### Noun

chili
* chili pepper.