chilli

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: chili

Noun

chilli (plural chillis or chillies)

1. Alternative spelling of chili
   • 1996 June 23, Magdalene Lum, The Straits Times:

     Many Singaporeans have fond memories of eating chilli crabs and cockles at its Upper East Coast Road premises, not far from the old Bedok Road, as recently as the early ‘ 80s.

Derived terms

• chilli padi
• salt and chilli chips

Translations

chili — see chili

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Tlaxcala): chili

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl chilli.

Noun

chilli

1. chili pepper.

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiːlːi]

Noun

chīlli inan (plural chīlli)

1. (it is) a chili pepper
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 30r:

     A xi pimienta dela tierra.  chilli.

     A chili, a pepper from the land. chilli.

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 17v. col. 2:

     Axi o pimienta deſta tierra. chilli.

     Chili, or pepper from this land. chilli.

   • Idem, f. 21r. col. 1.

     Chilli. axi. o pimienta de las indias.

     Chilli. a chili, or pepper from the Indies.

Derived terms

Terms derived from chīlli

• chīlcacahuatl
• chīlchotl
• chīlhuācmōlli
• chīlloh
• chīlmōlli
• chīltōtōtl
• chīlātl

Descendants

• Spanish: chile
  • English: chili, chile, chilli, chilly, chile, chilli, chilly

References

• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, pages 30, 17

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate with Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Noun

chilli

1. chili pepper.

Derived terms

• xochilli
• cilchilli
• chilcaxitl

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English chilli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʂi.li/
• Rhymes: -ili
• Syllabification: chi‧lli

Noun

chilli n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative spelling of chili

Further reading

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