Feminine
cheminée
- (feminine) a chimney
- (feminine) a fireplace or hearth
- (feminine) a vertical vent, exhaust or gallery
- (feminine) a hole at the centre of some models of parachute
- (feminine) the glass tube protecting the flame of a kerosene or similar wick lamp
- (feminine) a vertical vacuum forming in a gasifier
- (feminine) a type of welding fault
- (feminine) the exhaust of a volcano
- (feminine) a vertical mineral vein
- (feminine) large pipe containing ropes that serves to control theater backdrops
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃə.mi.ne/
Etymology
In summary
From Old French cheminee, from Late Latin [camera] camīnāta, from Latin camīnus (“furnace”), from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos). Unrelated to cheminer or chemin although an influence is possible.
factory chimney
lamp chimney
open fireplace
chimenea
Kamin
chaminé
camino
schoorsteen
xemeneia
καπνοδόχος
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