chilensis
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʰɪˈɫẽː.sɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kiˈlɛn.sis]
Adjective
chilēnsis (neuter chilēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective
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 | chilēnsēs chilēnsīs |
chilēnsia | |
| ablative | chilēnsī | chilēnsibus | |||
| vocative | chilēnsis | chilēnse | chilēnsēs | chilēnsia | |
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From New Latin chilensis, from Chile + -ēnsis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈlensis/ [t͡ʃiˈlẽn.sis]
- Rhymes: -ensis
- Syllabification: chi‧len‧sis
Adjective
chilensis (invariable)
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 [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010