Definition of 'chilli'
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chilli in British English
nounWord forms: plural chillies or chilies
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Word origin
C17: from Spanish chile, from Nahuatl chilliWord Frequency
chilli in American English
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Which sauce am I?
a purée of onions mixed into a thick white sauce and served over eggs, fish, etc
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a mayonnaise sauce flavoured with herbs, mustard, and capers, served with salads, cold meat, etc
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the sauce made by thickening and flavouring such juices
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any of various piquant sauces containing vinegar
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chilli
British English: chilli
/ˈtʃɪlɪ/ NOUN
Chillies are small red or green seed pods with a hot, spicy taste.
- American English: chili /tˈʃɪli/
- Arabic: فُلْفُل حَارّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: pimenta
- Chinese: 辣椒
- Croatian: čili
- Czech: pálivá paprička
- Danish: chili
- Dutch: Spaanse peper
- European Spanish: chile
- Finnish: chili
- French: piment
- German: Chili
- Greek: τσίλι
- Italian: peperoncino
- Japanese: トウガラシ
- Korean: 칠리
- Norwegian: chilipepper
- Polish: chili
- European Portuguese: chili
- Romanian: chili
- Russian: острый стручковый перец
- Latin American Spanish: ají
- Swedish: spansk peppar
- Thai: พริก
- Turkish: acı biber
- Ukrainian: червоний перець
- Vietnamese: ớt
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