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French
Etymology
From Old French cheminee, from Late Latin [camera] camīnāta, from Latin camīnus (“furnace”), from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos).
Pronunciation
Noun
cheminée f (plural cheminées)
- a chimney
- a fireplace or hearth
- a vertical vent, exhaust or gallery
- a hole at the centre of some models of parachute
- the glass tube protecting the flame of a kerosene or similar wick lamp
- (technology) a vertical vacuum forming in a gasifier
- (welding) a type of welding fault
- (geology) the exhaust of a volcano
- (geology) a vertical mineral vein
- (theater) large pipe containing ropes that serves to control theater backdrops
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