chimenea

English

noun

Definitions

A Mexican outdoor oven with bulbous body and usually a vertical smoke vent or chimney.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian chimenea derived from French cheminée.

Origin

French

cheminée

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

camīnāta Latin
Cheminée German
ciminiera Italian
cheminée French
chimenea Spanish, Castilian
chaminé Portuguese
cheminee Old French
chaminea Galician
cheminea Galician
şömine Turkish