Phrase guide

chili con carne

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtʃɪli kɑn ˈkɑɹni/
  • /-ˈkɑɹneɪ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chili

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dish

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish chile con carne (literally “chili with meat”), influenced by chili.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 香辣肉醬 /香辣肉酱 — dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香辣肉醬 /香辣肉酱 (xiānglà ròujiàng) — dish
  • Danish: chili con carne — dish
  • Finnish: chilipata — dish
  • Finnish: chili con carne — dish
  • German: Chili con Carne — dish
  • German: Chili — dish
  • Polish: chili con carne — dish
  • Russian: чи́ли кон ка́рне (číli kon kárnɛ) — dish
  • Russian: чи́ли (číli) — dish
  • Spanish: chili con carne — dish
  • Swedish: chili con carne — dish
  • Swedish: chilipeppar med kött — dish
  • Yiddish: טשילי מיט פֿלייש (tshili mit fleysh) — dish