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noun, feminine

cheminée

/ʃə.mi.ne/

noun, feminine/ʃə.mi.ne/plural: cheminées

a chimney; a fireplace or hearth; a vertical vent, exhaust or gallery; a hole at the centre of some models of parachute; the glass tube protecting the flame of a kerosene or similar wick lamp

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.