"chile" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪli/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-chile.wav [US] Forms: chiles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪli Etymology: From Spanish chile. A variant of chili, chilli; see that entry for more information. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|chile}} Spanish chile, {{m|en|chili|chili, chilli}} chili, chilli Head templates: {{en-noun}} chile (plural chiles)
  1. (US, regional) Alternative form of chili (a chili pepper). Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, regional Alternative form of: chili (extra: a chili pepper)
    Sense id: en-chile-en-noun-B8WlpD6S Categories (other): American English, Regional English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chile.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chillun [plural], chirren [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪl Head templates: {{en-noun|chillun|chirren}} chile (plural chillun or chirren)
  1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of child. Tags: Southern-US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: child Derived forms: honey chile
    Sense id: en-chile-en-noun-C6GZQNaT Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English pronunciation spellings, Southern US English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms of address Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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