Is it CHILE or CHILI ?
What are Capsicum peppers called? Is it CHILE or CHILI, or even CHILLI or CHILLIE ? It depends of where you are in the world. Nowadays, the Capsicum pepper is referred to by most people as the CHILE, where as the meal made from meat and chile peppers is referred to as a CHILI. Even so, CHILE PEPPER can appear in the local dialects as something else. The table shows some of the names for Capsicum annumm, Cayenne, etc:

Chile (Capsicum frutescens L. and others)

Synonyms

pharmFructus Capsici acer
Amharicበርበሬ, ሚጥሚጣ
Berbere, Mitmita
Arabicفلفل حار, فلفل الأحمر
فُلْفُل أحْمَر, فُلْفُل حَار
Fulful alahmar, Fulful haar
ArmenianԿծու Պղպեղ
Gdzoo Bghbegh, Kcu Pghpegh
AssameseJolokia
BasqueChili
BengaliLanka
BengaliMorich
BulgarianЧили
Chili
BurmeseNga yut thee, Nil thee
ChineseLup-Chew, La jiao
CroatianČili, Feferon, Kajenska paprika
CzechPálivá paprika
DanishChili
DutchSpaanse peper, Cayennepeper
EnglishCayenne pepper, Red pepper, Chilli, Chili
EstonianKibe paprika, Punapipar, Tšili
Farsiفلفل
Pilpil, Felfel, Philphil
FinnishChilipippuri
FrenchPoivre rouge, Piment enragé, Piment fort, Piment-oiseau, Poivre de Cayenne
GalicianGuindilla
GermanRoter Pfeffer, Cayenne-Pfeffer, Chili-Pfeffer, Beißbeere
GreekΠιπέρι καγιέν, Τσίλι
Piperi kagien, Tsili
GujratiLal marcha (red), Lila marcha (green)
Hebrewפלפל אדום, פלפל חריף, פפריקה חריפה, צילי, צ'ילי
Paprika harifa, Papriqa charifa, Pilpel adom, Pilpel harif, Tsili
HindiLal mirch (red), Hari mirch (green)
HungarianCsilipaprika, Igen erős apró, Cayenne bors, Cayenni bors, Macskakpöcs paprika, Aranybors, Ördögbors, Chilipaprika
IcelandicChilipipar, Cayennepipar
IndonesianLombok, Cabé, Cabe
ItalianPeperone, Diavoletto, Peperoncino, Pepe di Caienne, Pepe rosso picante
Japanese唐辛子
とうがらし
トウガラシ, チリ
Togarashi, Tiri
Kannadaಮೆಣಸಿನ ಕಾಯಿ
Menasina kayi, Molaku
KhmerMa-tek
LatvianČili pipari, Kajēnas pipari
LithuanianKajeno pipirai
LaotianMak phet kunsi
MalayLada merah, Cabai, Cili
MalayalamMenasinakayi, Chuvanna mulagu (red), Pacha mulagu (green)
MalteseBżar aħmar, Felfel
MarathiLal mirchya (red), Hirvya mirchya (green)
OriyaLankamaricha
PashtoMurgh
PolishPapryka owocowa
PortuguesePimentão, Piripíri, Pimenta de caiena
ProvençalPebrino, Pebroun
PunjabiLal-mircha
RomanianArdei iute, Piper de Cayenne
RussianЧили, Кайенский перец
Chili, Kajenskij perets
SanskritMarichiphala Ujjvala
SinghaleseRathu miris, Gasmiris
SlovakČili paprika, Kajenská paprika
SlovenianČili, Feferoni, Kajenski poper
SpanishChile, Guindilla, Cayena inglesa, Pimienta de Cayena, Pimienta picante, Ají
SwahiliPilipili hoho
SwedishChilipeppar
TagalogSiling labuyo, Sili
Tamilசிகப்பு மிளகாய், பச்சை மிளகாய்
Pachai milagai (green), Sigappu milagai (red)
TeluguMirapakaya
ThaiPisi hui, Prik khee, Prik
TibetanSipen marpo, Si pan dmar po
TurkishAcı kırmızı biber, Toz biber
UrduLalmarach
VietnameseOt