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Latin
Etymology
From Chile + -ēnsis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
chilēnsis (neuter chilēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (New Latin) Chilean
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Spanish
Etymology
From New Latin chilensis, from Chile + -ēnsis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈlensis/
- Rhymes: -ensis
- Syllabification: chi‧len‧sis
Adjective
chilensis (invariable)
- Chilean
Noun
chilensis (invariable)
- (informal) Chilean Spanish; any of several varieties of the Spanish language spoken in most of Chile.
Further reading
- “chilensis” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.