Meanings
nounchutney (usually uncountable, plural chutneys)
plural chutneys
- uncountableusuallyentertainmentA style of Indo-Caribbean music from the West Indies, associated especially with Trinidad and Tobago.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna spicy condiment made of chopped fruits or vegetables cooked in vinegar and sugar with ginger and spices
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Origin
- Hindustani
- Englishchutney
Borrowed from Hindustani चटनी (caṭnī) / چَٹْنِی (caṭnī).
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Afrikaans blatjang
- blatjangcondiment
Arabic تْشَاتْنِي
- تْشَاتْنِي (tšātnī)condiment
Bengali চাটনি
- চাটনি (caṭoni)condiment
Chinese Mandarin 酸辣醬 /酸辣酱
- 酸辣醬 /酸辣酱 (suānlàjiàng)condiment
Czech čatní
- čatnícondiment
Danish chutney
- chutneycondiment
Esperanto ĉatnio
- ĉatniocondiment
Finnish sose, chutney
- sosecondiment
- chutneycondiment
French chutney
- chutneycondiment
German Chutney
- Chutneycondiment
Greek τσάτνεϊ
- τσάτνεϊ (tsátneï)condiment
Hebrew צ׳טני
- צ׳טני (chatni)condiment
Hindi चटनी
- चटनी (caṭnī)condiment
Italian chutney
- chutneycondiment
Japanese チャツネ, チャトゥニー
- チャツネ (chatsune)condiment
- チャトゥニー (chatunī)condiment
Korean 처트니
- 처트니 (cheoteuni)condiment
Polish ćatni, gąszcz
- ćatnicondiment
- gąszczcondiment
- czatnejcondiment
Portuguese chutney, chetnim
- chutneycondiment
- chetnimcondiment
Punjabi ਚਟਣੀ
- ਚਟਣੀ (caṭṇī)condiment
Russian ча́тни
- ча́тни (čátni)condiment
Spanish chatni, chutney
- chatnicondiment
- chutneycondiment
Tamil சட்னி
- சட்னி (caṭṉi)condiment
Ukrainian ча́тні
- ча́тні (čátni)condiment
Urdu چَٹْنی
- چَٹْنی (caṭnī)condiment
Vietnamese tương ớt
- tương ớtcondiment
Welsh catwad
- catwadcondiment
Yiddish טשאַטני
- טשאַטני (tshatni)condiment
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with chutney
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Cite this entry
APA
chutney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chutney
MLA
“chutney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chutney. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chutney,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chutney.
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