chili con carne

English

A pot of chili with beans

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Etymology

From Spanish chile con carne (literally chili with meat), influenced by chili, also from Spanish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃɪli kɑn ˈkɑɹni/, /-ˈkɑɹneɪ/

Noun

chili con carne (uncountable)

  1. A dish of meat and beans in a tomato sauce flavoured with chili peppers.

Usage notes

  • The spellings chile con carne and chili con carne were equally common until the 1940s, when chili con carne began to predominate. Use of chilli con carne began to pick up in the 1970s; by 2010, it was more common than chile con carne, though only about half as common as chili con carne.

Translations


Spanish

Etymology

From English chili con carne, from Spanish chile con carne (literally chili with meat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌt͡ʃilikonˈkarne/, [ˌt͡ʃilikõŋˈkarne]

Noun

chili con carne m (uncountable)

  1. chili con carne

Alternative forms

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