chaminé

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃa.miˈnɛ/
 

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  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: cha‧mi‧né

Noun

chaminé m or f same meaning (plural chaminés)

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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “chaminé”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
  2. ^ “chaminé”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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