Chile

== English == === Alternative forms === Chili (dated, now rare) === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Chile, probably from Quechua chiri (“cold”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪl.i/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiː.leɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪli/, /ˈt͡ʃileɪ/, /ˈt͡ʃilɛ/ Rhymes: -ɪli, -ɪleɪ Homophones: chile, chili, chilli, chilly === Proper noun === Chile A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Anagrams === Liech., cheli-, chiel, elchi, lechi == Alemannic German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈχi.lə/ === Noun === Chile f (plural Chilene, diminutive Chileli) (Aargau, Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Luzern, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Uri, Zug, St Gallen (Amden), Zürich) alternative form of Chirche 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript): == Asturian == === Proper noun === Chile m Chile (a country in South America) ==== Derived terms ==== == Central Huasteca Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Chile Chile (a country in South America) == Central Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Chile 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, relational adjective chilský, demonym Chilan, female demonym Chilanka) Chile (a country in South America; official name: Chilská republika) === See also === === Further reading === “Chile”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “Chile”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “Chile”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Proper noun === Chile Chile (a country in South America) ==== Related terms ==== chilener, chilenser chilensk, chilensisk == Finnish == === Etymology === From Spanish Chile, from Quechua chiri. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃiːle/, [ˈʃiːle̞] IPA(key): /ˈtʃiːle/, [ˈt̪ʃiːle̞] Rhymes: -iːle Syllabification(key): Chi‧le Hyphenation(key): Chi‧le === Proper noun === Chile Chile (a country in South America) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Galician == === Proper noun === Chile ? Chile (a country in South America) ==== Derived terms ==== chileno == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːlə/, /ˈʃiːlə/, /ˈçiːlə/ (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːlɛ/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland) === Proper noun === Chile n (proper noun, genitive Chiles or (optionally with an article) Chile) Chile (a country in South America) ==== Derived terms ==== Chilene chilenisch === Further reading === “Chile”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiːlɛ] Hyphenation: Chi‧le Rhymes: -lɛ === Proper noun === Chile Chile (a country in South America; official name: Chilei Köztársaság) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== chilei === See also === == Interlingua == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.le/ Hyphenation: Chi‧le === Proper noun === Chile Chile (a country in South America) == Mapudungun == === Proper noun === Chile Chile (a country in South America) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Proper noun === Chile Chile (a country in South America) ==== Related terms ==== chilener chilensk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Chile Chile (a country in South America) ==== Related terms ==== chilen, chilenar chilensk == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʂi.lɛ/ Rhymes: -ilɛ Syllabification: Chi‧le === Proper noun === Chile n (indeclinable, related adjective chilijski) Chile (a country in South America) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “Chile”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “Chile”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Chi‧le === Proper noun === Chile m Chile (a country in South America) ==== Derived terms ==== chileno ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: チリ (Chiri) == Spanish == === Etymology === From Quechua chiri (“cold”) or chili, or from Mapudungun chilli (“seagull Larus dominicanus”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃile/ [ˈt͡ʃi.le] Rhymes: -ile Syllabification: Chi‧le === Proper noun === Chile m (demonym chileno) Chile (a country in South America; capital: Santiago) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Rapa Nui: Tire ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “Chile”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Chile n (genitive Chiles) Chile (a country in South America) ==== Related terms ==== chilensk chilenare chilenska ==== See also ==== === References === “Chile”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɪlɪ/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɪli/ === Proper noun === Chile f (not mutable) alternative form of Tsile ==== Derived terms ==== gwibredyn Chile (“Chilean hard ferns”) pinwydd Chile (“Chilean pines”) == Western Huasteca Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Chile Chile (a country in South America)