chimney
English
/tʃɪmni/
noun
Definitions
- A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydrocarbon based fuels); a flue.
- The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
- (British) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
- A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English chymeney borrowed from Old French cheminee derived from Latin camināta, caminus derived from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (furnace).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κάμῑνος
Gloss
furnace
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chimenea English
- chimney-glass English
- chimneyed English
- chimneyless English
- chimneylike English
- chimneypiece English
- chimneyscape English
- chimneysweeper English
- glass English
- piece English
- sweeper English
- caminata, [camera] camīnāta Latin
- caminus Latin
- camināta Latin
- camīnus Latin
- camīnāta Latin
- cheminée French
- комната Russian
- chimenea Spanish, Castilian
- κάμινος Ancient Greek
- κάμῑνος Ancient Greek
- chymeney Middle English
- kamin Danish
- cheminee Old French
- xemeneia Catalan, Valencian
- चिमनी Hindi
- simnai Welsh
- kemināta Old High German
- cheunm'née Norman
- chim'naïe Norman
- chimnee Norman
- комната Old East Slavic