Chilean

English

Alternative forms

• Chilian (dated, now rare)

Etymology

From Chile +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪli.ən/, /t͡ʃɪˈliːən/, /t͡ʃɪˈleɪən/

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Adjective

Chilean (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:

     The Chilean Amphijubula Schust. (Schuster, 1970a) which has the facies of a small Frullania and agrees with Frullania in leaf insertion and branching, has a nontiered seta with 16 epidermal cell rows surrounding 4 inner rows.

Derived terms

• Chilean strawberry
• Chileanness

Translations

pertaining to Chile

Armenian: չիլիական (čʻiliakan) Asturian: chilenu (ast) Bulgarian: чилийски (čilijski) Catalan: xilè (ca) Czech: chilský (cs) Dutch: Chileens (nl), Chileense (nl) Finnish: chileläinen (fi) French: chilien (fr) m, chilienne (fr) f Galician: chileno (gl) German: chilenisch (de) Greek: χιλιανός (el) (chilianós) Hungarian: chilei (hu) Irish: Sileach Italian: cileno (it) m, cilena (it) f Norwegian: Bokmål: chilensk Nynorsk: chilensk (nn) Polish: chilijski (pl) m Portuguese: chileno (pt) m, chilena (pt) f Romanian: chilian (ro), cilian (ro) Russian: чили́йский (ru) (čilíjskij) Spanish: chileno (es) Swahili: Kichile Swedish: chilensk (sv) Ukrainian: чилі́йський (čylíjsʹkyj) Volapük: Cilänik (vo)

pertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans

Arabic: تشيلي (ar) m, تشيلية f Asturian: chilenu (ast) Catalan: xilè (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 智利人 (Zhìlìrén) French: chilien (fr) m, chilienne (fr) f Galician: chileno (gl) m German: chilenisch (de) Icelandic: síleskur m, sílesk f Irish: Sileach Italian: cileno (it) m Norwegian: Bokmål: chilensk Nynorsk: chilensk (nn) Polish: chilijski (pl) m Romanian: chilian (ro), cilian (ro) Spanish: chileno (es) Volapük: (♂♀) Cilänanik, (♂) hi-Cilänanik, (♀) ji-Cilänanik Welsh: Tsileaidd m or f

Noun

Chilean (plural Chileans)

1. A person from Chile or of Chilean descent.

Translations

person from Chile

Armenian: չիլիացի (čʻiliacʻi) Asturian: chilenu (ast) m Bulgarian: чилиец m (čiliec), чилийка f (čilijka) Catalan: xilè (ca) m, xilena (ca) f Czech: Chilan (cs) m Danish: chilener c Dutch: Chileen (nl) m, Chileense (nl) f Finnish: chileläinen (fi) French: Chilien (fr) m, Chilienne (fr) f Galician: chileno (gl) m German: Chilene (de) m, Chilenin (de) f Greek: Χιλιανός (el) m (Chilianós), Χιλιανή (el) f (Chilianí) Hebrew: צ'יליאני m (chiliani), צ'יליאנית f (chilianit) Irish: Sileach m Italian: cileno (it) m, cilena (it) f, cileni (it) m pl, cilene (it) f pl Norwegian: Bokmål: chilener m Nynorsk: chilen (nn) m, chilenar (nn) m Polish: Chilijczyk (pl) m pers, Chilijka (pl) f Portuguese: chileno (pt) m, chilena (pt) f Romanian: chilian (ro) m, chiliană (ro) f, cilian (ro) m, ciliană f Russian: чили́ец (ru) m (čilíjec), чили́йка (ru) f (čilíjka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Чилеа́нац m Roman: Čileánac (sh) m, Čileanka f Spanish: chileno (es) m, chilena (es) f Swahili: Mchile (sw) Swedish: chilenare (sv) c, chilenska (sv) c Turkish: Şilili (tr) Ukrainian: чилі́єць m (čylíjecʹ), чилі́йка f (čylíjka) Volapük: (♂♀) Cilänan (vo), (♂) hi-Cilänan, (♀) ji-Cilänan

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