Chile
English
Alternative forms
- Chili (dated, now rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Chile, probably from Quechua chiri (“cold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪl.i/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiː.leɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪli/, /ˈt͡ʃileɪ/, /ˈt͡ʃilɛ/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (US): (file)
Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪli, -ɪleɪ
- Homophones: chile, chili, chilli, chilly
Proper noun
Chile
- A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.
Derived terms
Translations
country in South America
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See also
countries in South America (appendix)edit
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈχi.lə/
Noun
Chile f (plural Chilene, diminutive Chileli)
- (Aargau, Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Lucerne, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Uri, Zug, St Gallen (Amden), Zürich) alternative form of Chirche
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Si, wi haist jetzt au no di Pizzeria in Lecce, hinder de Chile?
- Hey, what's the name of the pizzeria in Lecce, behind the church?
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
Asturian
Proper noun
Chile m
- Chile (a country in South America)
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Chile
- Chile (a country in South America)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Chile
- Chile (a country in South America)
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Chile, from Quechua chiri (“cold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɪlɛ]
- Homophone: čile
- Rhymes: -ɪlɛ
- Hyphenation: Chi‧le
Proper noun
Chile n (indeclinable, relational adjective chilský, demonym Chilan, female demonym Chilanka)
- Chile (a country in South America; official name: Chilská republika)
See also
Further reading
- “Chile”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Chile”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Chile”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Danish
Proper noun
Chile
- Chile (a country in South America)
Related terms
Finnish
Etymology
From Spanish Chile, from Quechua chiri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiːle/, [ˈʃiːle̞]
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃiːle/, [ˈt̪ʃiːle̞]
- Rhymes: -iːle
- Syllabification(key): Chi‧le
- Hyphenation(key): Chi‧le
Proper noun
Chile
- Chile (a country in South America)
Declension
| Inflection of Chile (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Chile | — | |
| genitive | Chilen | — | |
| partitive | Chileä | — | |
| illative | Chileen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Chile | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Chile | — |
| gen. | Chilen | ||
| genitive | Chilen | — | |
| partitive | Chileä | — | |
| inessive | Chilessä | — | |
| elative | Chilestä | — | |
| illative | Chileen | — | |
| adessive | Chilellä | — | |
| ablative | Chileltä | — | |
| allative | Chilelle | — | |
| essive | Chilenä | — | |
| translative | Chileksi | — | |
| abessive | Chilettä | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Galician
Proper noun
Chile ?
- Chile (a country in South America)
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːlə/, /ˈʃiːlə/, /ˈçiːlə/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Chile n (proper noun, genitive Chiles or (optionally with an article) Chile)
- Chile (a country in South America)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Chile” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiːlɛ]
- Hyphenation: Chi‧le
- Rhymes: -lɛ
Proper noun
Chile
- Chile (a country in South America; official name: Chilei Köztársaság)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Chile | — |
| accusative | Chilét | — |
| dative | Chilének | — |
| instrumental | Chilével | — |
| causal-final | Chiléért | — |
| translative | Chilévé | — |
| terminative | Chiléig | — |
| essive-formal | Chileként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Chilében | — |
| superessive | Chilén | — |
| adessive | Chilénél | — |
| illative | Chilébe | — |
| sublative | Chilére | — |
| allative | Chiléhez | — |
| elative | Chiléből | — |
| delative | Chiléről | — |
| ablative | Chilétől | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Chiléé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Chilééi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Chilém | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Chiléd | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Chiléje | — |
| 1st person plural | Chilénk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Chilétek | — |
| 3rd person plural | Chiléjük | — |
Derived terms
See also
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.le/
- Hyphenation: Chi‧le
Proper noun
Chile
- Chile (a country in South America)
Mapudungun
Proper noun
Chile
- Chile (a country in South America)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Chile
- Chile (a country in South America)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Chile
- Chile (a country in South America)
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʂi.lɛ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ilɛ
- Syllabification: Chi‧le
Proper noun
Chile n (indeclinable, related adjective chilijski)
- Chile (a country in South America)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- Chile in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Chile in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.li/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.le/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.lɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.lɨ/
- Hyphenation: Chi‧le
Proper noun
Chile m
- Chile (a country in South America)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: チリ (Chiri)
Spanish
Etymology
From Quechua chiri (“cold”) or chili, or from Mapudungun chilli (“seagull Larus dominicanus”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃile/ [ˈt͡ʃi.le]
Audio (Spain); “Chile; capital: Santiago de Chile”: (file) - Rhymes: -ile
- Syllabification: Chi‧le
Proper noun
Chile m
- Chile (a country in South America)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Rapa Nui: Tire
Further reading
- “Chile”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Chile n (genitive Chiles)
- Chile (a country in South America)
Related terms
See also
References
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɪlɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɪli/
Proper noun
Chile f (not mutable)
- alternative form of Tsile
Derived terms
- gwibredyn Chile (“Chilean hard ferns”)
- pinwydd Chile (“Chilean pines”)
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Chile
- Chile (a country in South America)