chimenea

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Etymology[edit]

From Spanish chimenea, from French cheminée. Doublet of chimney.

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chimenea (plural chimeneas)

  1. A Mexican outdoor oven with bulbous body and usually a vertical smoke vent or chimney.
    • 2015 April 3, Alan Titchmarsh, “Why you should get outdoors this Easter: A garden should be a joy so embrace guilty pleasures from hot tubs to fire pits this spring [print version: Guilty pleasures of outdoor living, 4 April 2015, p. G3]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)[1]:
      Time was when every smart urban patio was equipped with one of those gas-burning heaters of the type found outside London cafés. In this age of sensitivity to global warming we've come to be wary of them [] , but somehow those strange little chimineas seem to have warmed the hearts of the nation. I've always found them a bit odd looking – like something from The Hobbit – and you do need to position them where they can do their job without endangering life, limb and property.

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃimeˈnea/, [t͡ɕi.meˈne.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Hyphenation: chi‧me‧ne‧a

Noun[edit]

chimenea f (plural chimenees)

  1. chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue)

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Spanish chimenea, from older cheminea (via vowel metathesis), from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta. Compare English chimney.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃimeˈnea/ [t͡ʃi.meˈne.a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: chi‧me‧ne‧a

Noun[edit]

chimenea f (plural chimeneas)

  1. chimney
  2. smokestack (of a train or factory)
  3. funnel (of a ship)
  4. fireplace, fireside, hearth
    Synonym: hogar

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  • English: chimenea

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