Chile

See also: chile, Chíle, and Chi-lê

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Quechua chiri (“cold”) chili, or, from Mapudungun chülle (“Chroicocephalus serranus”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪl.e/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiː.leɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃileɪ/, /ˈt͡ʃilɛ/, /ˈt͡ʃɪli/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪli, -ɪleɪ
  • Homophones: chile, chili, chilli, chilly

Proper noun

Chile

  1. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile.
    While I come from Chile, my husband is from England.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈχi.lə/

Noun

Chile f (plural Chilene, diminutive Chileli)

  1. (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?

Asturian

Proper noun

Chile m

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Chile

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Chile

  1. 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, related adjective chilský, demonym Chilan, female demonym Chilanka)

  1. Chile (a country in South America; capital: Santiago de Chile)
    Synonym: Chilská republika

See also

Further reading

  • Chile in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Chile in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Chile in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Chile

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Chile, from Quechua chiri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːle/, [ˈʃiːle̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃiːle/, [ˈt̪ʃiːle̞]
  • Syllabification(key): Chi‧le

Proper noun

Chile

  1. 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 —
instructive — —
abessive Chilettä —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Chile (type nalle)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Chileni —
accusative nom. Chileni —
gen. Chileni
genitive Chileni —
partitive Chileäni —
inessive Chilessäni —
elative Chilestäni —
illative Chileeni —
adessive Chilelläni —
ablative Chileltäni —
allative Chilelleni —
essive Chilenäni —
translative Chilekseni —
instructive — —
abessive Chilettäni —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Chilesi —
accusative nom. Chilesi —
gen. Chilesi
genitive Chilesi —
partitive Chileäsi —
inessive Chilessäsi —
elative Chilestäsi —
illative Chileesi —
adessive Chilelläsi —
ablative Chileltäsi —
allative Chilellesi —
essive Chilenäsi —
translative Chileksesi —
instructive — —
abessive Chilettäsi —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Chilemme —
accusative nom. Chilemme —
gen. Chilemme
genitive Chilemme —
partitive Chileämme —
inessive Chilessämme —
elative Chilestämme —
illative Chileemme —
adessive Chilellämme —
ablative Chileltämme —
allative Chilellemme —
essive Chilenämme —
translative Chileksemme —
instructive — —
abessive Chilettämme —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Chilenne —
accusative nom. Chilenne —
gen. Chilenne
genitive Chilenne —
partitive Chileänne —
inessive Chilessänne —
elative Chilestänne —
illative Chileenne —
adessive Chilellänne —
ablative Chileltänne —
allative Chilellenne —
essive Chilenänne —
translative Chileksenne —
instructive — —
abessive Chilettänne —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Chilensä —
accusative nom. Chilensä —
gen. Chilensä
genitive Chilensä —
partitive Chileään
Chileänsä
—
inessive Chilessään
Chilessänsä
—
elative Chilestään
Chilestänsä
—
illative Chileensä —
adessive Chilellään
Chilellänsä
—
ablative Chileltään
Chileltänsä
—
allative Chilelleen
Chilellensä
—
essive Chilenään
Chilenänsä
—
translative Chilekseen
Chileksensä
—
instructive — —
abessive Chilettään
Chilettänsä
—
comitative — —

Compounds

Galician

Proper noun

Chile

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːlə/, /ˈʃiːlə/, /ˈçiːlə/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Chile n (proper noun, genitive Chiles or (optionally with an article) Chile)

  1. 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

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
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 —
Possessive forms of Chile
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

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.le/
  • Hyphenation: Chi‧le

Proper noun

Chile

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Mapudungun

Proper noun

Chile

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Chile

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Chile

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʂi.lɛ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ilɛ
  • Syllabification: Chi‧le

Proper noun

Chile n (indeclinable)

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Derived terms

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/, /ˈʃil/ [ˈʃiɫ]

Proper noun

Chile m

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua chiri (“cold”) or chili, or from Mapudungun chilli (“seagull Larus dominicanus”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃile/ [ˈt͡ʃi.le]
  • (Castilian)
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -ile
  • Syllabification: Chi‧le

Proper noun

Chile m

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Proper noun

Chile n (genitive Chiles)

  1. Chile (a country in South America)

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Chile

  1. Chile (a country in South America)
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