Chile
English
Alternative forms
- Chili (dated, now rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from SpanishCategory:English terms borrowed from Spanish#CHILECategory:English terms derived from Spanish#CHILE Chile, probably from QuechuaCategory:English terms derived from Quechua#CHILE chiri (“cold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪl.i/Category:English 2-syllable words#CHILECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CHILE
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiː.leɪ/Category:English 2-syllable words#CHILECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CHILE
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪli/, /ˈt͡ʃileɪ/, /ˈt͡ʃilɛ/Category:English 2-syllable words#CHILECategory:English 2-syllable words#CHILECategory:English 2-syllable words#CHILECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CHILE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#CHILEAudio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#CHILEAudio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪli, -ɪleɪCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪli#CHILECategory:Rhymes:English/ɪleɪ#CHILECategory:Rhymes:English/ɪleɪ/2 syllables#CHILE
- Homophones: chile, chili, chilli, chillyCategory:English terms with homophones#CHILE
Proper noun
ChileCategory:English lemmas#CHILECategory:English proper nouns#CHILECategory:English uncountable nouns#CHILECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: SantiagoCategory:en:Chile#CHILECategory:en:Countries in South America#CHILE.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Pronunciation
Noun
Chile f (plural Chilene, diminutive Chileli)Category:Alemannic German lemmas#CHILECategory:Alemannic German nouns#CHILECategory:Alemannic German entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Alemannic German feminine nouns#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- (AargauCategory:Aargau Alemannic German#CHILE, Basel, BernCategory:Bernese Alemannic German#CHILE, Fribourg, LuzernCategory:Lucerne Alemannic German#CHILE, SchwyzCategory:Schwyz Alemannic German#CHILE, UnterwaldenCategory:Unterwalden Alemannic German#CHILE, UriCategory:Urner Alemannic German#CHILE, ZugCategory:Zug Alemannic German#CHILE, St Gallen (Amden), ZürichCategory:Zürich Alemannic German#CHILE) 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?
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
Asturian
Proper noun
Chile mCategory:Asturian lemmas#CHILECategory:Asturian proper nouns#CHILECategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Asturian masculine nouns#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- Chile (a country in South America)Category:ast:Chile#CHILECategory:ast:Chile#CHILECategory:ast:Countries in South America#CHILE
Derived terms
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
ChileCategory:Central Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas#CHILECategory:Central Huasteca Nahuatl proper nouns#CHILECategory:Central Huasteca Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
ChileCategory:Central Nahuatl lemmas#CHILECategory:Central Nahuatl proper nouns#CHILECategory:Central Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Czech terms borrowed from Spanish#HILECategory:Czech terms derived from Spanish#HILE Chile, from QuechuaCategory:Czech terms derived from Quechua#HILE chiri (“cold”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chile n (indeclinable, relational adjective chilský, demonym Chilan, female demonym Chilanka)Category:Czech lemmas#HILECategory:Czech proper nouns#HILECategory:Czech indeclinable nouns#HILECategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#HILECategory:Czech neuter nouns#HILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
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
ChileCategory:Danish lemmas#CHILECategory:Danish proper nouns#CHILECategory:Danish terms spelled with C#CHILECategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- Chile (a country in South America)Category:da:Chile#CHILECategory:da:Chile#CHILECategory:da:Countries in South America#CHILE
Related terms
Finnish
Etymology
From SpanishCategory:Finnish terms derived from Spanish#CHILE Chile, from QuechuaCategory:Finnish terms derived from Quechua#CHILE chiri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiːle/, [ˈʃiːle̞]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#CHILECategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#CHILE
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃiːle/, [ˈt̪ʃiːle̞]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#CHILECategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#CHILE
- Rhymes: -iːleCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/iːle#CHILECategory:Rhymes:Finnish/iːle/2 syllables#CHILE
- Syllabification(key): Chi‧le
- Hyphenation(key): Chi‧le
Proper noun
ChileCategory:Finnish lemmas#CHILECategory:Finnish proper nouns#CHILECategory:Finnish terms spelled with C#CHILECategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- Chile (a country in South America)Category:fi:Chile#CHILECategory:fi:Chile#CHILECategory:fi:Countries in South America#CHILE
Declension
| Inflection of Chile (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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| 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 | — | |
| abessive | Chilettä | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
Galician
Proper noun
Chile ?Category:Galician lemmas#CHILECategory:Galician proper nouns#CHILECategory:Galician uncountable proper nouns#CHILECategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Requests for gender in Galician entries#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- Chile (a country in South America)Category:gl:Chile#CHILECategory:gl:Chile#CHILECategory:gl:Countries in South America#CHILE
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːlə/, /ˈʃiːlə/, /ˈçiːlə/Category:German 2-syllable words#CHILECategory:German 2-syllable words#CHILECategory:German 2-syllable words#CHILECategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#CHILE
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#CHILEAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#CHILEAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Proper noun
Chile n (proper noun, genitive Chiles or (optionally with an article) Chile)Category:German lemmas#CHILECategory:German proper nouns#CHILECategory:German entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:German neuter nouns#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- Chile (a country in South America)Category:de:Chile#CHILECategory:de:Chile#CHILECategory:de:Countries in South America#CHILE
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Chile”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
ChileCategory:Hungarian lemmas#CHILECategory:Hungarian proper nouns#CHILECategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- Chile (a country in South America; official name: Chilei Köztársaság)Category:hu:Chile#CHILECategory:hu:Chile#CHILECategory:hu:Countries in South America#CHILE
Declension
| 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 | — |
Derived terms
See also
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.le/Category:Interlingua terms with IPA pronunciation#CHILE
- Hyphenation: Chi‧le
Proper noun
ChileCategory:Interlingua lemmas#CHILECategory:Interlingua proper nouns#CHILECategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
Mapudungun
Proper noun
ChileCategory:Mapudungun lemmas#CHILECategory:Mapudungun proper nouns#CHILECategory:Mapudungun entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
ChileCategory:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#CHILECategory:Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns#CHILECategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C#CHILECategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- Chile (a country in South America)Category:nb:Chile#CHILECategory:nb:Chile#CHILECategory:nb:Countries in South America#CHILE
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
ChileCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#CHILECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns#CHILECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with C#CHILECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- Chile (a country in South America)Category:nn:Chile#CHILECategory:nn:Chile#CHILECategory:nn:Countries in South America#CHILE
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chile n (indeclinable, related adjective chilijski)Category:Polish lemmas#CHILECategory:Polish proper nouns#CHILECategory:Polish indeclinable nouns#CHILECategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Polish neuter nouns#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- Chile (a country in South America)Category:pl:Chile#CHILECategory:pl:Chile#CHILECategory:pl:Countries in South America#CHILE
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “Chile”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “Chile”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN (in Polish)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Chi‧le
Proper noun
Chile mCategory:Portuguese lemmas#CHILECategory:Portuguese proper nouns#CHILECategory:Portuguese uncountable proper nouns#CHILECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- Chile (a country in South America)Category:pt:Chile#CHILECategory:pt:Chile#CHILECategory:pt:Countries in South America#CHILE
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: チリ (Chiri)
Spanish
Etymology
From QuechuaCategory:Spanish terms derived from Quechua#CHILE chiri (“cold”) or chili, or from MapudungunCategory:Spanish terms derived from Mapudungun#CHILE chilli (“seagull Larus dominicanus”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃile/ [ˈt͡ʃi.le]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#CHILECategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CHILE
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#CHILEAudio; “Chile; capital: Santiago de Chile”: (file) - Rhymes: -ileCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ile#CHILECategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ile/2 syllables#CHILE
- Syllabification: Chi‧le
Proper noun
Chile mCategory:Spanish lemmas#CHILECategory:Spanish proper nouns#CHILECategory:Spanish uncountable proper nouns#CHILECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Spanish masculine nouns#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- Chile (a country in South America)Category:es:Chile#CHILECategory:es:Chile#CHILECategory:es:Countries in South America#CHILE
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)Category:Swedish lemmas#CHILECategory:Swedish proper nouns#CHILECategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Swedish neuter nouns#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- Chile (a country in South America)Category:sv:Chile#CHILECategory:sv:Chile#CHILECategory:sv:Countries in South America#CHILE
Related terms
See also
References
- “Chile”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- Svensk MeSH
Welsh
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chile f (not mutable)Category:Welsh lemmas#CILECategory:Welsh proper nouns#CILECategory:Welsh non-mutable terms#CILECategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#CILECategory:Welsh feminine nouns#CILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE
- alternative form of Tsile
Derived terms
- gwibredyn Chile (“Chilean hard ferns”)
- pinwydd Chile (“Chilean pines”)
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
ChileCategory:Western Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas#CHILECategory:Western Huasteca Nahuatl proper nouns#CHILECategory:Western Huasteca Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header#CHILECategory:Pages with entries#CHILECategory:Pages with 21 entries#CHILE