Alternative spellings
chili (US)
[edit] Etymology
From Nahuatl chilli.
[edit] Homophones
Chile
chilly
[edit] Noun
Singular
chilli
Plural
chillis
chilli (plural chillis)
The pungent fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated
varieties of capsicum.
The farmers' market had a wide variety of chillis from anchos to
jalepenos to habeneros.
(uncountable) Chili con carne.
I fancy having some chilli for dinner tonight. What about you,
Sandra?
(uncountable) Powdered chilli peppers, used as a spice or
flavouring in cooking.
I want to make this pasta spicy so I'm going to add some chilli to
it.
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