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Alternative spellings
chile (US regional)
chili (US)
Etymology
From Nahuatl chilli.
Pronunciation
Homophones
Chile
chilly
Noun
en-noun|plchillis|pl2chillies
- 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|Chili con carne.
#:I fancy having some chilli for dinner tonight. What about you, Sandra?
- uncountable powder|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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