chile

UK /ˈt͡ʃɪl.i/ US /ˈt͡ʃiː.leɪ/

noun 2name 1

Definitions

name

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

noun

Alternative spelling of chili.

noun

Pronunciation spelling of child, representing Southern US and African-American Vernacular English.

“I wants all the women and chillun and the old and the sick folks brought out.”

An award that she shoulda been awarded. And an award they might want to consider changing the name of. Because, chile. Literally. Child.

Collocations

ADJ.

big, driest, live, minimum, northern, over

The northern chile regions produce the hottest peppers in the entire country.

VERB + CHILE

box, come, desert, issued, name, win

We won the box of roasted chile peppers at the county fair last summer.

CHILE + NOUN

child, chilean, china, magnitude, paraguay, uruguay

The Chile-Paraguay border dispute has created tensions between the two neighboring countries for decades.

PREP.

after, from, in

She brought back several jars of spicy red chile from her trip to Mexico last summer.

ADV.

again, literally

We literally couldn't find fresh chile peppers at our regular grocery store yesterday.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

chili
chilli
chilly

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

“I wants all the women and chillun and the old and the sick folks brought out.”

Wiktionary

An award that she shoulda been awarded. And an award they might want to consider changing the name of. Because, chile. Literally. Child.

Wiktionary

According to today's paper, there was a big earthquake in Chile yesterday.

Tatoeba · #242590

Estévez is the man from Chile.

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Vicente is from Chile. He is Chilean.

Tatoeba · #1110341

Florencia is from Chile. She is Chilean.

Tatoeba · #1110346

Usage Notes

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