noun
Meaning 1
An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fireplace
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪəpleɪs/
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General-American: /ˈfaɪɹpleɪs/
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noun
Meaning 2
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it
- he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it
- the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hearth, open fireplace
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: recess, niche
Narrower terms: fire
History
Etymology
From fire + place.
Across languages
Translations
174 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: kaggel — open hearth
- Aklanon: dapog — open hearth
- Albanian: vatër — open hearth
- Southern Altai: очок (očok) — open hearth
- Arabic: مِدْفَأَة (midfaʔa) — open hearth
- Arabic: مَوْقِد (mawqid) — open hearth
- Armenian: բուխարի (buxari) — open hearth
- Aromanian: vatrã — open hearth
- Aromanian: veatrã — open hearth
- Assamese: জুইশাল (zuixal) — open hearth
- Azerbaijani: buxarı — open hearth
- Azerbaijani: şömine — open hearth
- Azerbaijani: kamin — open hearth
- Basque: beheko su — open hearth
- Belarusian: камі́н (kamín) — open hearth
- Bulgarian: огни́ще (ogníšte) — open hearth
- Bulgarian: ками́на (kamína) — open hearth
- Burmese: စားဖို (ca:hpui) — open hearth
- Burmese: မီးလင်းဖို (mi:lang:hpui) — open hearth
- Catalan: llar — open hearth
- Catalan: llar de foc — open hearth
- Catawba: impi ki — open hearth
- Chechen: товха (tovxa) — open hearth
- Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎳᎯ (atsilahi) — open hearth
- Chichewa: chiyoto — open hearth
- Chinese Mandarin: 壁爐 /壁炉 (bìlú) — open hearth
- Chinese Mandarin: 暖爐 /暖炉 (nuǎnlú) — open hearth
- Choctaw: aiulhti — open hearth
- Czech: krb — open hearth
- Dalmatian: camain — open hearth
- Danish: ildsted — open hearth
- Danish: kamin — open hearth
- Danish: pejs — open hearth
- Danish: arne — open hearth
- Dutch: open haard — open hearth
- Esperanto: fajrejo — open hearth
- Estonian: kamin — open hearth
- Faroese: grúgva — open hearth
- Faroese: fýrstaður — open hearth
- Finnish: takka — open hearth
- Finnish: avotakka — open hearth
- Finnish: tulipesä — open hearth
- French: âtre — open hearth
- French: foyer — open hearth
- French: cheminée — open hearth
- Friulian: cjamin m cjaminet — open hearth
- Galician: lareira — open hearth
- Georgian: ბუხარი (buxari) — open hearth
- German: Kamin — open hearth
- German: Feuerstelle — open hearth
- German: Herd — open hearth
- Greek: εστία (estía) — open hearth
- Greek: τζάκι (tzáki) — open hearth
- Greek: παραγώνι (paragóni) — open hearth
- Greek: παραστιά (parastiá) — open hearth
- Hebrew: אָח (aẖ) — open hearth
- Hebrew: קָמִין (kamín) — open hearth
- Higaonon: abu — open hearth
- Hindi: चिमनी (cimnī) — open hearth
- Hindi: भट्टी (bhaṭṭī) — open hearth
- Hindi: चूल्हा (cūlhā) — open hearth
- Hungarian: tűzhely — open hearth
- Hungarian: kandalló — open hearth
- Icelandic: arinn — open hearth
- Icelandic: eldstæði — open hearth
- Ido: herdo — open hearth
- Ido: kameno — open hearth
- Indonesian: perapian — open hearth
- Ingush: товгӏа (tovğa) — open hearth
- Irish: tinteán — open hearth
- Irish: teallach — open hearth
- Istriot: cameîn — open hearth
- Italian: camino — open hearth
- Italian: caminetto — open hearth
- Italian: focolare — open hearth
- Japanese: 暖炉 (danro) — open hearth
- Kazakh: камин (kamin) — open hearth
- Kazakh: алауошақ (alauoşaq) — open hearth
- Korean: 벽난로 (byeongnallo) — open hearth
- Korean: 난로 (nallo) — open hearth
- Central Kurdish: ئاگردان (agirdan) — open hearth
- Kyrgyz: камин (kamin) — open hearth
- Kyrgyz: каминге (kaminge) — open hearth
- Kyrgyz: очок (ocok) — open hearth
- Lao: ເຕົາໄຟ (tao fai) — open hearth
- Lao: ເຕົາ (tao) — open hearth
- Latin: camīnus — open hearth
- Latin: focus — open hearth
- Latvian: kamīns — open hearth
- Lithuanian: židinys — open hearth
- Luxembourgish: Kamäin — open hearth
- Macedonian: камин (kamin) — open hearth
- Malay: perapian — open hearth
- Malay: pendiang — open hearth
- Maltese: fuklar — open hearth
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: avu — open hearth
- Māori: tahaahi — open hearth
- Māori: takuahi — open hearth
- Māori: kāngaahi — open hearth
- Māori: pākaiahi — open hearth
- Mongolian: задгай зуух (zadgaj zuux) — open hearth
- Mongolian: тулга (tulga) — open hearth
- Navajo: kǫkʼeh — open hearth
- Norwegian: grue — open hearth
- Norwegian Bokmål: ildsted — open hearth
- Norwegian Bokmål: grue — open hearth
- Norwegian Bokmål: åre — open hearth
- Iranian Persian: شومینِه (šomine) — open hearth
- Iranian Persian: بُخاری (boxâri) — open hearth
- Plautdietsch: Fiastäd — open hearth
- Polish: kominek — open hearth
- Portuguese: lareira — open hearth
- Romanian: cămin — open hearth
- Romanian: șemineu — open hearth
- Romanian: vatră — open hearth
- Romanian: focar — open hearth
- Romansh: chamin — open hearth
- Romansh: tgamin — open hearth
- Romansh: tgamegn — open hearth
- Russian: ками́н (kamín) — open hearth
- Russian: оча́г (očág) — open hearth
- Sardinian: ziminera — open hearth
- Sardinian: ziminea — open hearth
- Sardinian: zaminera — open hearth
- Sardinian: ceminera — open hearth
- Sardinian: geminera — open hearth
- Savosavo: eghu — open hearth
- Serbo-Croatian: ка̀мӣн — open hearth
- Serbo-Croatian: kàmīn — open hearth
- Shona: choto — open hearth
- Sicilian: caminu — open hearth
- Sicilian: conca — open hearth
- Sicilian: fucularu — open hearth
- Sicilian: furnu — open hearth
- Sicilian: tannura — open hearth
- Slovak: krb — open hearth
- Slovene: ognjišče — open hearth
- Slovene: kamin — open hearth
- Spanish: hogar — open hearth
- Spanish: lar — open hearth
- Spanish: llar — open hearth
- Spanish: fogón — open hearth
- Spanish: fogaril — open hearth
- Spanish: fogarín — open hearth
- Spanish: hogaril — open hearth
- Sundanese: anglo — open hearth
- Swedish: härd — open hearth
- Swedish: eldstad — open hearth
- Tagalog: dapugan — open hearth
- Tajik: бухорӣ (buxori) — open hearth
- Tajik: оташдор (otašdor) — open hearth
- Tajik: камин (kamin) — open hearth
- Tarifit: tiɣarɣart — open hearth
- Thai: เตาผิง (dtao-pǐng) — open hearth
- Thai: เตาไฟ (dtao-fai) — open hearth
- Turkish: şömine — open hearth
- Ottoman Turkish: اوجاق (ocak) — open hearth
- Turkmen: kamin — open hearth
- Ukrainian: камі́н (kamín) — open hearth
- Urdu: آتِش دان (ātiś dān) — open hearth
- Urdu: آتِش کَدَہ (ātiś kada) — open hearth
- Urdu: بَھٹّی (bhaṭṭī) — open hearth
- Urdu: چُولْھا (cūlhā) — open hearth
- Uyghur: تاممەش (tammesh) — open hearth
- Uyghur: ئوچاق (ochaq) — open hearth
- Uzbek: kamin — open hearth
- Uzbek: oʻchoq — open hearth
- Venetan: camin — open hearth
- Vietnamese: lò sưởi — open hearth
- Volapük: filetatop — open hearth
- Volapük: filetatopafön — open hearth
- Welsh: lle tân — open hearth
- Yiddish: קאַמין (kamin) — open hearth
- Zazaki: zerre (diq) — open hearth
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