What does cheminée in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word cheminée in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use cheminée in French.

The word cheminée in French means fireplace, chimney, chimney, chimney, chimney, chimney, vent, bottleneck flap, bottleneck closure, fire screen, open fire, chimney fire, barn swallow, mantelpiece. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cheminée

fireplace

nom féminin (construction pour faire un feu)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nous nous sommes tous assis autour de la cheminée pour nous réchauffer.
We all sat round the fireplace to warm ourselves.

chimney

nom féminin (conduit de cette construction)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un oiseau est tombé dans la cheminée et l'a bouchée. J'ai fait appel à un ramoneur pour qu'il débouche notre cheminée.
A bird fell into the chimney and blocked it. I called out a chimney sweep to unblock our chimney.

chimney

nom féminin (conduit extérieur)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Une cigogne a fait son nid sur ma cheminée.
A stork has made its nest in my chimney.

chimney

nom féminin (conduit d'évacuation)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La cheminée de l'usine crachait d'épaisses fumées noires. Les fumées des machines s'échappaient par la cheminée du bateau.
The ship's exhaust rose out of the funnel.

chimney

nom féminin (Géologie : conduit étroit en terre) (Geology)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
De la fumée s'échappe par cette cheminée, il doit y avoir une grotte en dessous.
Smoke is coming out of that chimney; there must be a cave underneath.

chimney, vent

nom féminin (conduit d'un volcan) (of a volcano)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La lave remonte par les cheminées des volcans.

bottleneck flap, bottleneck closure

nom féminin (retour de housse de couette) (duvet cover)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je n'utilise que des housses de couette avec cheminée !

fire screen

nom masculin (pare-feu)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

open fire

nom masculin (moyen de chauffage)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

chimney fire

nom masculin (incendie dans une cheminée)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

barn swallow

nom féminin (type d'hirondelle très commun) (bird: common name)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les hirondelles des cheminées sont très communes au printemps en France.

mantelpiece

nom féminin (habillage de cheminée en U)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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