a chimney · a fireplace or hearth · a vertical vent, exhaust or gallery
çekim: çoğul cheminées
eş: fogon
köken: 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.
aile: cheminée d'appel, cheminée des fées, fumer comme une cheminée
chimney · smokestack (of a train or factory) · funnel (of a ship)
çekim: çoğul chimeneas
köken: From Old Spanish chimenea, from older cheminea (via vowel metathesis), from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta. Compare English chimney.
a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue) · the smokestack of a steamboat or steam locomotive
çekim: çoğul schoorstenen
eş: rookkanaal
köken: From Middle Dutch schoorsteen, equivalent to schoren (“to support”) + steen (“stone”), originally meaning a fireplace supporting a smoke channel, like the word chimney.
a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue) · a smokestack
çekim: çoğul skorstenar · tamlayan skorstens
köken: From Low German Schornstein, compound of schore (“support”) (ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skeran (“to cut”)) and Stein (“rock”) (from Middle Low German sten). Compare Danish skorsten and Norwegian Nynorsk skorstein.
a chimney (vertical tube or hollow column; a flue) · a smokestack
çekim: çoğul skorstene · tamlayan skorstens
köken: From Low German Schornstein, compound of schore (“support”) (ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skeran (“to cut”)) and Stein (“rock”) (from Middle Low German sten). Compare Swedish skorsten and Norwegian Nynorsk skorstein.
From Middle High German schor(n)stein, Old High German scorrenstein. The first element is from schore (“support”), related to the root of scheren (“to cut”); the second element is from Stein (“stone”).