cheminée

Meaning

1. a chimney
2. a fireplace or hearth
3. a vertical vent, exhaust or gallery
4. a hole at the centre of some models of parachute
5. the glass tube protecting the flame of a kerosene or similar wick lamp
6. a vertical vacuum forming in a gasifier
7. a type of welding fault
8. the exhaust of a volcano
9. a vertical mineral vein
10. large pipe containing ropes that serves to control theater backdrops

Concepts

chimney

fireplace

hearth

smokestack

funnel

stack

fire

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mantelpiece

shaft

stove

stovepipe

vent

chimney stack

factory chimney

lamp chimney

open fireplace

fireside

mantel

Synonyms

foyer

âtre

conduit de cheminée

conduite

feu

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carneau

fourneau

foyers

chemineu

gaine d’évacuation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃə.mi.ne/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: cheminee

Inherited from Latin: camīnus

In summary

From Old French cheminee, from Late Latin [camera] camīnāta, from Latin camīnus (“furnace”), from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos).