different between chili vs gumbo

English

Alternative forms

• chile (US)
• chilli (Britain)
• chilly

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?t???li/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t???li?/
• Rhymes: -?li
• Homophones: Chile, chile, chilli, chilly

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl ch?lli.

Noun

chili (countable and uncountable, plural chilis or chilies)

1. (countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.

   Synonym: chili pepper
2. (uncountable) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.

   Synonym: chili powder

3. (Indian Chinese cuisine) a spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of chili con carne, from Spanish chile con carne (literally “chili with meat”).

Noun

chili (uncountable)

1. (chiefly US) A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.

   Synonym: chili con carne

2. (Cincinnati) Cincinnati chili.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Ilchi, lichi

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

chili

1. chile.

Further reading

Central Nahuatl

Noun

chili

1. chili pepper.

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

chili c (singular definite chilien, plural indefinite chilifrugter)

1. chili

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl ch?lli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?(t)?i.li/
• Hyphenation: chi?li
• Rhymes: -ili

Noun

chili m (plural chilis)

1. chili

Synonyms

• chilipeper

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

chili

1. Alternative spelling of chilli, chili pepper.

Finnish

Noun

chili

1. chili

Declension

Italian

Noun

chili m

1. plural of chilo

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

chili m

1. chili

References

• “chili” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “chili” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

chili m

1. chili

References

• “chili” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Ometepec Nahuatl

Noun

chili

1. chili pepper

Polish

Alternative forms

• chilli

Etymology

From Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chilli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??i.l?i/

Noun

chili n (indeclinable)

1. chili (spicy fresh or dried fruit of capsicum)
2. chili (spice)

Further reading

• chili in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• chili in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chile

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl ch?lli.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?t??i.li/

Noun

chili m (plural chilis)

1. chili pepper (piquant fruit of Capsicum plants, especially the varieties used in Mexican cuisine)
2. (uncountable) chili (spice made from chili peppers)
3. (uncountable) chili; chili con carne (dish of meat, beans, tomato sauce and chili)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??ili/, [?t??i.li]

Noun

chili m (plural chilis)

1. chili, chili con carne (dish)

   Synonym: chili con carne

Derived terms

• chili con carne

Further reading

• “chili” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

chili c

1. chili

Declension

Synonyms

• chilipeppar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Louisiana French gombo, ultimately from Kimbundu (k)ingombo (“okra”); compare Portuguese quingombó.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mb??

Noun

gumbo (countable and uncountable, plural gumbos)

1. (countable) Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.
2. (uncountable) A soup or stew made with okra.
3. (uncountable) A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy.
   • 1909, Ralph Connor, The Foreigner, ch. 11:

     The team stuck fast in the black muck, and every effort to extricate them served only to imbed them more hopelessly in the sticky gumbo.

   • 1914 April, "Making Good Roads by Firing Poor Ones," Popular Mechanics, p. 567:

     There are no poorer roads in all the United States than the "gumbo" roads of the south—gumbo being the name give a certain kind of mud or clay that is particularly sticky, clings tenaciously, seems to have no bottom, and will not support any weight.

   • 1950 July 3, "Labor: Trouble at Lowland," Time:

     The red gumbo soil uttered ugly sucking sounds at the touch of a man's boot.

References

Kalanga

Noun

gumbo

1.  (anatomy) foot

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

gumbo

1. nominative singular of gumba (“swarm”)