chil·li

(chĭl′ē)

Variant of chili.

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chilli

(ˈtʃɪlɪ) or

chili

n, pl chillies or chilies

(Cookery) the small red hot-tasting pod of a type of capsicum used for flavouring sauces, pickles, etc

[C17: from Spanish chile, from Nahuatl chilli]

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

chilli - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

chilly, chile, chili, chili pepper

hot pepper - any of various pungent capsicum fruits

jalapeno pepper, jalapeno - hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico

cayenne, cayenne pepper - a long and often twisted hot red pepper

chili powder - powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano

Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red

Translations

فُلْفُل حَارّ

čilipálivá papričkapaprika

chilichilipeber

Chili

τσίλι

chile ají

chilichilipatachilipippurichilipulveri

piment piment rouge

čili

csili

sterkt piparaldin, chilepipar

peperoncino

トウガラシ

칠리

aitrioji paprika

sarkanie pipari

Spaanse peper

chilipepper spansk pepper

chili

chili pimenta

острый стручковый перец

čilipaprika

spansk peppar

พริก

acıacı biber

ớt

辣椒

chilli

chili [ˈtʃɪli] [chillies] (pl) n

(= vegetable, spice) → piment m (rouge)

(also chilli con carne) → chili m con carnechilli con carne [ˈtʃɪlikɒnˈkɑː^rni] n → chili m con carne

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chilli

, (US) chili

n → Peperoni pl; (= spice, meal) → Chili m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

chilli

chili (Am) [ˈtʃɪlɪ] n → peperoncino

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

chilli,

chili

(ˈtʃili) – plurals ˈchilli(e)s ~ˈchili(e)s – noun

the hot-tasting pod of a type of pepper, often dried, powdered and used in sauces etc.

chilli

→ فُلْفُل حَارّ pálivá paprička chili Chili τσίλι ají, chile chili piment čili peperoncino トウガラシ 칠리 Spaanse peper chilipepper chili chili, pimenta острый стручковый перец spansk peppar พริก acı ớt 辣椒

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References in classic literature

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