chimney

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From Middle English chymeneye, chymneye, chymene, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta, from Latin camīnus, from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos, “furnace”). Doublet of chimenea.

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ауаџьаҟ (awadžaqʼ) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Afrikaans: skoorsteen — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Albanian: oxhak — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Southern Altai: тӱндӱк (tündük) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Southern Altai: тӱӱнӱк (tüünük) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Southern Altai: труба (truba) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Arabic: مَدْخَنَة (madḵana) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Armenian: ծխնելույզ (cxneluyz) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Asturian: chimenea — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Avar: кӏкӏуйтӏала (kkʼujtʼala) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Azerbaijani: baca — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Bashkir: мөрйә (möryə) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Basque: tximinia — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Belarusian: дымахо́д (dymaxód) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Belarusian: ко́мін (kómin) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Bengali: চিমনি (cimoni) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Bulgarian: коми́н (komín) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Burmese: ခေါင်းတိုင် (hkaung:tuing) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Catalan: xemeneia — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Cebuano: simaniya — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Cherokee: ᎠᎱᏣᏬᎳᏛᎢ (ahutsawoladvi) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Chinese Mandarin: 煙筒 /烟筒 (yāntong) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Chinese Mandarin: 煙囪 /烟囱 (yāncōng) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Chinese Mandarin: 煙窗 /烟窗 (yānchuāng) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Czech: komín — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Dalmatian: camain — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Danish: skorsten — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Danish: skorstenspibe — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Daur: xolly — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Dutch: schoorsteen — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Dutch: schouw — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Esperanto: kameno — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Esperanto: kamentubo — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Estonian: korsten — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Faroese: skorsteinur — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Finnish: savupiippu — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Finnish: savukanava — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Finnish: korsteeni — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• French: cheminée — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Friulian: cjamin — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Friulian: čhamìn — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Galician: cheminea — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Galician: chaminea — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Galician: fumeira — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Galician: parrumeira — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Galician: paraña — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Galician: tamboira — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Galician: troneira — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Georgian: საკვამური (saḳvamuri) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Georgian: ბუხარი (buxari) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Georgian: კვამლსადენი (ḳvamlsadeni) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Georgian: საკვამლე მილი (saḳvamle mili) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• German: Kamin — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• German: Esse — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• German: Schlot — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• German: Schornstein — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• German: Rauchfang — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Greek: καπνοδόχος (kapnodóchos) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Greek: καμινάδα (kamináda) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Greek: φουγάρο (fougáro) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Ancient Greek: καπνοδόκη (kapnodókē) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Ancient Greek: κάπνη (kápnē) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Gujarati: ધુમાડિયું (dhumāḍiyũ) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Gujarati: ચીમની (cīmnī) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Hebrew: ארובה \ אֲרֻבָּה ('arubá) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Hindi: चिमनी (cimnī) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Hindi: धुआँकश (dhuā̃kaś) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Hungarian: kémény — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Hungarian: kürtő — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Hungarian: kéménycső — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Hungarian: kéménykürtő — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Icelandic: reykháfur — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Icelandic: skorsteinn — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Icelandic: strompur — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Indonesian: cerobong — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Irish: múchán — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Irish: simléar — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Irish: toiteachán — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Italian: camino — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Italian: ciminiera — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Japanese: 煙突 (entotsu) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Japanese: 煙出し (kemudashi) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Japanese: 煙り出し (kemuridashi) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Kazakh: мұржа (mūrja) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Korean: 굴뚝 (gulttuk) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Kumyk: тюнгюлюк (tüñülük) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Kyrgyz: мор (mor) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Kyrgyz: чыккыч (cıkkıc) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Kyrgyz: түтүк (tütük) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Lao: ປ່ອງ (pǭng) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Lao: ປ່ອງໄຟ (pǭng fai) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Latin: camīnus — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Latin: fūmārium — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Latvian: dūmenis — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Latvian: skurstenis (germanism) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Lithuanian: kaminas — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Luxembourgish: Kamäin — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Macedonian: о́џак (ódžak) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Malay: serombong — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Malayalam: ചിമ്മിനി (cimmini) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Malayalam: പുകക്കുഴൽ (pukakkuḻal) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Manchu: ᡥᡡᠯᠠᠨ (hūlan) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Manipuri: ꯃꯩꯈꯨꯊꯣꯡ (meikhuthong) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Māori: timera — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Māori: putaauahi — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Māori: tumera — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Mongolian: камин зүүх (kamin züüx) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Mongolian: яндан (jandan) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Norman: cheunm'née — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Norman: chim'naïe — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Norman: chimnee — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Norman: chouque dé chimenaée — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Norwegian Bokmål: pipe — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Norwegian Bokmål: skorstein — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Ossetian: фӕздӕгдзон (fæzdægʒon) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Dari: دُودْکَش (dūdkaš) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Iranian Persian: دودْکِش (dudkeš) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Polish: komin — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Polish: dymnik — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Portuguese: chaminé — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Romanian: coș — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Romanian: horn — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Romanian: cămin — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Romanian: fumar — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Russian: труба́ (trubá) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Russian: дымохо́д (dymoxód) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Russian: дымова́я труба́ (dymovája trubá) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Skolt-Sami: truuba — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Skolt-Sami: reä ́ppen — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Scots: lum — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Scottish Gaelic: similear — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Serbo-Croatian: ди̑мња̄к — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀џак — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Serbo-Croatian: dȋmnjāk — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Serbo-Croatian: òdžak — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Slovak: komín — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Slovene: dimnik — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Spanish: chimenea — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Swahili: dohani — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Swedish: skorsten — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Tagalog: pausukan — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Tajik: дудбаро (dudbaro) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Tajik: дудкаш (dudkaš) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Tamil: புகைப்போக்கி (pukaippōkki) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Tamil: புகைக்கூண்டு (pukaikkūṇṭu) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Thai: ปล่อง (bplɔ̀ng) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Thai: ปล่องควัน (bplɔ̀ng-kwan) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Thai: ปล่องไฟ (bplɔ̀ng-fai) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Turkish: baca — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Ottoman Turkish: اوجاق (ocak) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Turkmen: truba — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Tuvan: хоолай (xoolay) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Tuvan: ыш үндүрер хоолай (ış ündürer xoolay) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Ukrainian: димова́ труба́ (dymová trubá) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Ukrainian: димохі́д (dymoxíd) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Ukrainian: дима́р (dymár) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Ukrainian: бо́вдур (bóvdur) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Urdu: چِمْنی (cimnī) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Urdu: دُود کَش (dūd kaś) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Urdu: دُھواں کَش (dhuā̃ kaś) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Uzbek: moʻri — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Uzbek: truba — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Venetan: camin — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Vietnamese: ống khói — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Volapük: cim — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Welsh: ffynnel — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Yiddish: קוימען (koymen) — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Zazaki: loce — vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
• Bengali: চিমনি (cimoni) — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Bulgarian: ла́мпено шише́ (lámpeno šišé) — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Chinese Mandarin: 玻璃燈罩 /玻璃灯罩 (bōli dēngzhào) — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Czech: cylindr — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Dutch: lampenkap — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Finnish: öljylampun lasi — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Finnish: liekkilasi — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Georgian: კვამლსადენი (ḳvamlsadeni) — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• German: Kamin — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Gujarati: ચીમની (cīmnī) — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Hungarian: olajlámpaüveg — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Hungarian: lámpaüveg — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Hungarian: cilinder — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Irish: gloine lampa — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Irish: simléar lampa — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Italian: fumaiolo — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Italian: bulbo — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Portuguese: manga — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Russian: ла́мповое стекло́ (lámpovoje stekló) — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Ottoman Turkish: شیشه (şişe) — glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
• Afrikaans: skoorsteen — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Chinese Mandarin: 煙囪 /烟囱 (yāncōng) — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Czech: komín — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Dutch: schoorsteen — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Finnish: korsteeni — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Finnish: savupiippu — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• French: cheminée — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• German: Schlot — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Hebrew: מַעֲשֵׁנָה (ma'ashená) — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Hungarian: kémény — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Icelandic: reykháfur — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Icelandic: strompur — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Italian: fumaiolo — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Māori: timera — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Māori: putaauahi — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Norwegian Bokmål: skorstein — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Portuguese: chaminé — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Russian: труба́ (trubá) — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Scots: lum — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Slovene: dimnik — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Tamil: புகைப்போக்கி (pukaippōkki) — UK: smokestack of a steam locomotive
• Bulgarian: коми́н (komín) — narrow cleft in a rock face
• Catalan: xemeneia — narrow cleft in a rock face
• Chinese Mandarin: 煙囪 /烟囱 (yāncōng) — narrow cleft in a rock face
• Chinese Mandarin: 煙囪裂口 /烟囱裂口 (yāncōng lièkǒu) — narrow cleft in a rock face
• Dutch: spleet — narrow cleft in a rock face
• Finnish: kuilu — narrow cleft in a rock face
• German: Spalte — narrow cleft in a rock face
• German: Schlot — narrow cleft in a rock face
• Italian: camino — narrow cleft in a rock face
• Portuguese: chaminé — narrow cleft in a rock face
• Russian: расще́лина (rasščélina) — narrow cleft in a rock face