chile

The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.

Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.

(Indian Chinese cuisine) a spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.

A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.

(Cincinnati) Cincinnati chili.

A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)

“Go easy on him: he is but a child.”

(specifically) A female child, a girl.

(with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter.

“My youngest child is forty-three this year.”

The thirteenth Lenormand card.

A figurative offspring, particularly:

A child of noble birth.

The cognomen given to the oldest son prior to his taking his father's title.