chutney

See also: Chutney

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani चटनी (caṭnī) / چَٹْنِی (caṭnī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʌtni/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌtni

Noun

chutney (usually uncountable, plural chutneys)

  1. A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili peppers. [from 1813]
    mango chutney
    lemon chutney
  2. (music) A style of Indo-Caribbean music from the West Indies, associated especially with Trinidad and Tobago.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: chutney
  • Italian: chutney
  • Japanese: チャツネ
  • Portuguese: chutney
  • Spanish: chutney
  • Swedish: chutney

Translations

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English chutney, ultimately from Hindi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(t)ʃœt.ni/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

chutney m (plural chutneys)

  1. chutney (condiment)

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English chutney, ultimately from Hindi.

Noun

chutney m (invariable)

  1. chutney

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English chutney, ultimately from Hindi.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃu.t͡ʃiˈnej/ [ʃu.t͡ʃiˈneɪ̯], /ʃut͡ʃˈnej/ [ʃut͡ʃˈneɪ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃut͡ʃˈnej/ [ʃut͡ʃˈneɪ̯], /ʃu.t͡ʃiˈnej/ [ʃu.t͡ʃiˈneɪ̯]
 

  • Hyphenation: chut‧ney

Noun

chutney m (uncountable)

  1. chutney (condiment)
    Synonym: (India) chetnim

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English chutney, ultimately from Hindi.

Noun

chutney m (plural chutneys)

  1. chutney

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

Noun

chutney c

  1. chutney (condiment)

Declension

Declension of chutney
nominative genitive
singular indefinite chutney chutneys
definite chutneyn chutneyns
plural indefinite
definite

References