Meanings
adjectiveChilean (not comparable)
alternative archaic dated Chilian
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people.
Gonzalo Lira, a 55-year-old Chilean American who was imprisoned in Ukraine after allegedly spreading Russian propaganda then violating his bail conditions, has died in a Ukrainian jail.
2024 January 13, James Bickerton, “Who Is Gonzalo Lira? Pro-Putin American Expat Dies in Ukrainian Jail”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 28 Aug 20241 more example
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.
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
Origin
Translations
Arabic تشيلي, تشيلية
- تشيليpertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- تشيليةpertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
Bulgarian чилийски, чилиец
- чилийски (čilijski)pertaining to Chile
- чилиец (čiliec)person from Chile
- чилийка (čilijka)person from Chile
Catalan xilè, xilè
- xilèpertaining to Chile
- xilèpertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- xilèperson from Chile
- xilenaperson from Chile
Chinese Mandarin 智利人, 智利人
- 智利人 (Zhìlìrén)pertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- 智利人 (Zhìlìrén)person from Chile
Czech chilský, Chilan
- chilskýpertaining to Chile
- Chilanperson from Chile
Danish chilener
- chilenerperson from Chile
Dutch Chileens, Chileense
- Chileenspertaining to Chile
- Chileensepertaining to Chile
- Chileenperson from Chile
- Chileenseperson from Chile
Finnish chileläinen, chileläinen
- chileläinenpertaining to Chile
- chileläinenperson from Chile
French chilien, chilienne
- chilienpertaining to Chile
- chiliennepertaining to Chile
- chilienpertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- chiliennepertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- Chilienperson from Chile
- Chilienneperson from Chile
German chilenisch, chilenisch
- chilenischpertaining to Chile
- chilenischpertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- Chileneperson from Chile
- Chileninperson from Chile
Greek χιλιανός, Χιλιανός
- χιλιανός (chilianós)pertaining to Chile
- Χιλιανός (Chilianós)person from Chile
- Χιλιανή (Chilianí)person from Chile
Hebrew צ׳יליאני, צ׳יליאנית
- צ׳יליאני (chiliani)person from Chile
- צ׳יליאנית (chilianit)person from Chile
Hungarian chilei
- chileipertaining to Chile
Icelandic síleskur, sílesk
- síleskurpertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- síleskpertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
Irish Sileach, Sileach
- Sileachpertaining to Chile
- Sileachpertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- Sileachperson from Chile
Italian cileno, cilena
- cilenopertaining to Chile
- cilenapertaining to Chile
- cilenopertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- cilenoperson from Chile
- cilenaperson from Chile
- cileniperson from Chile
- cileneperson from Chile
Norwegian Bokmål chilensk, chilensk
- chilenskpertaining to Chile
- chilenskpertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- chilenerperson from Chile
Polish chilijski, chilijski
- chilijskipertaining to Chile
- chilijskipertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- Chilijczykperson from Chile
- Chilijkaperson from Chile
Portuguese chileno, chilena
- chilenopertaining to Chile
- chilenapertaining to Chile
- chilenoperson from Chile
- chilenaperson from Chile
Romanian chilian, cilian
- chilianpertaining to Chile
- cilianpertaining to Chile
- chilianpertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- cilianpertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- chilianperson from Chile
- chilianăperson from Chile
- cilianperson from Chile
- cilianăperson from Chile
Russian чили́йский, чили́ец
- чили́йский (čilíjskij)pertaining to Chile
- чили́ец (čilíjec)person from Chile
- чили́йка (čilíjka)person from Chile
Spanish chileno, chileno
- chilenopertaining to Chile
- chilenopertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- chilenoperson from Chile
- chilenaperson from Chile
Swahili Kichile, Mchile
- Kichilepertaining to Chile
- Mchileperson from Chile
Swedish chilensk, chilenare
- chilenskpertaining to Chile
- chilenareperson from Chile
- chilenskaperson from Chile
Turkish Şilili
- Şililiperson from Chile
Ukrainian чилі́йський, чилі́єць
- чилі́йський (čylíjsʹkyj)pertaining to Chile
- чилі́єць (čylíjecʹ)person from Chile
- чилі́йка (čylíjka)person from Chile
Welsh Tsileaidd
- Tsileaiddpertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
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Cite this entry
APA
Chilean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chilean
MLA
“Chilean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chilean. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chilean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chilean.
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