chaminé

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Portuguese

chaminé

Etymology

Borrowed from French cheminée,[1][2] from Late Latin camīnāta, from Latin caminus, from Ancient Greek κάμινος (káminos, furnace).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: cha‧mi‧né

Noun

chaminé f (plural chaminés)

  1. chimney
  2. (colloquial) chain smoker (one who habitually smokes a lot)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ chaminé”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ chaminé”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024