chilli

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: chili

Noun

chilli (plural chillis or chillies)

1. (Commonwealth spelling) 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. 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.

Inflection

Possessive forms of chilli

	Singular	Plural
1st person	nochīl	tochīl
2nd person	mochīl	amochīl
3rd person	īchīl	īnchīl
impersonal	tēchīl

Derived terms

Terms derived from chīlli

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

Descendants

• Spanish: chile
  • English: chili, chile (US, regional), chilli (Commonwealth), 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^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “chilli”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)