cheminée

== French == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃə.mi.ne/, /ʃmi.ne/ === 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 ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → German: (Switzerland) Cheminée → Luxembourgish: Schminni → Persian: شومینه (šomine) → Romanian: șemineu → Turkish: şömine === Further reading === “cheminée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012