Polyglot Dictionary

chaminé

/ʃamiˈnɛ/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as chaminés

Meaning

  1. chimney

    • Sai fumaça da chaminé.

      Smoke comes out of the chimney.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Schornstein

Schornstein is the German word for the same thing — both mean "chimney."

Practice

1 What does chaminé mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sai fumaça da ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chaminé?

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