chilensis

Latin

Etymology

From Chile +‎ -ēnsis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʰɪˈɫẽː.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kiˈlɛn.sis]

Adjective

chilēnsis (neuter chilēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) Chilean

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	chilēnsis	chilēnse		chilēnsēs	chilēnsia
genitive	chilēnsis			chilēnsium
dative	chilēnsī			chilēnsibus
accusative	chilēnsem	chilēnse		chilēnsīs chilēnsēs	chilēnsia
ablative	chilēnsī			chilēnsibus
vocative	chilēnsis	chilēnse		chilēnsēs	chilēnsia

Related terms

• Chilia

Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin chilensis, from Chile + -ēnsis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈlensis/ [t͡ʃiˈlẽn.sis]
• Rhymes: -ensis
• Syllabification: chi‧len‧sis

Adjective

chilensis (invariable)

1. Chilean

Noun

chilensis (invariable)

1. (informal) Chilean Spanish; any of several varieties of the Spanish language spoken in most of Chile.

Further reading

• “chilensis”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010