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chaminé

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Portuguese

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chaminé

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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chaminé m or f same meaning (plural chaminés)

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

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ “chaminé”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua 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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