Meaning

5 senses
  1. (US, countable)The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.

    Chili

    кра́сный пе́рецkrásnyj pérec, го́рький пе́рецgórʹkij pérec, пе́рец чи́лиpérec číli

  2. (US, uncountable)Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.

  3. (US, countable, uncountable)A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.

  4. (US, uncountable)A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.

    ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans

  5. (Cincinnati, US, uncountable)Cincinnati chili.

Examples

51 sentences
  1. I love chili.

    Я люблю чилі. — deniko

    ruЯ люблю перец чили. — Lenin_1917

  2. I'm making chili.

    Я роблю чілі. — deniko

  3. Where can we buy chili peppers?

  4. Let's make a big pot of chili for dinner.

  5. The chili burnt my tongue.

    ruПерец чили обжёг мне язык. — Lenin_1917

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum:

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli. Ellipsis of chili con carne,

Borrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

Ellipsis of chili con carne, from Spanish chile con carne (literally “chili with meat”).

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