chifle

See also: chiflé

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Chifel (“jaw”), from Middle High German kivele, from Old High German kifel, from Proto-West Germanic *kafl.

Verb

chifle

1. (Uri) to scold

   Synonym: chiibe

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 18.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkifle]

Noun

chifle f

1. inflection of chiflă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃifle/ [ˈt͡ʃi.fle]
• Rhymes: -ifle
• Syllabification: chi‧fle

Etymology 1

Deverbal from chiflar (“to whistle”).

Noun

chifle m (plural chifles)

1. whistle
2. (Ecuador, Peru) an appetizer dish of fried green plantain

Derived terms

• mercachifle

 

Etymology 2

Verb

chifle

1. inflection of chiflar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “chifle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “chifle” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.