FromSpanishchile. A variant ofchili, chilli; see that entry for more information.

• (General American)IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪli/

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• Rhymes:-ɪli
• Homophones:Chile(one General American pronunciation),chili,chilli,chilly

chile (pluralchiles)

1. (US, regional)Alternative spelling ofchili.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɪl/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-aɪl

chile (pluralchillunorchirren)

1. Pronunciation spelling ofchild, representingSouthern US andAfrican-American Vernacular English.
   • 1952,Ralph Ellison,Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page546:

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

   • 2019 August 14, Random J, “Missy Elliott is finally getting aVideo Vanguard award at the2019 VMA's: The good, the bad and the messy”, inRandom J Pop‎^[1]:

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

• chyle

• honey chile

• Liech.,cheli-,chiel,elchi,lechi

• Hyphenation:chi‧le

chile m (pluralchiles)

1. alternative form ofchili

chile

1. inflection ofchilar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative

Borrowed fromClassical Nahuatlchīlli(“pepper”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃile/[ˈt͡ʃi.le]

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• Audio(Spain):

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• Rhymes:-ile
• Syllabification:chi‧le

chile m (pluralchiles)

1. (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Philippines, US) achili pepper

   Synonyms:ají,pimiento,picante,guindilla

   Hyponyms:jalapeño,poblano,habanero,chipotle,serrano

2. (vulgar, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico)penis

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:pene

• “chile”, inDiccionario 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

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• Rhymes:English/ɪli
• Rhymes:English/ɪli/1 syllable
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• English 1-syllable words
• Rhymes:English/aɪl
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• Rhymes:Spanish/ile
• Rhymes:Spanish/ile/2 syllables
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• es:Peppers
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