how to pronounce cheminée

/ʃə.mi.ne/

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cheminée is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of cheminée in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… nettes par la droite la cheminée avec la …”

meanings of cheminée

noun:

A type of welding fault.
The exhaust of a volcano.
A vertical vacuum forming in a gasifier.
A vertical vent, exhaust or gallery.
The glass tube protecting the flame of a kerosene or similar wick lamp.
A fireplace or hearth.
Large pipe containing ropes that serves to control theater backdrops.
A hole at the centre of some models of parachute.
A vertical mineral vein.
A chimney.

cheminée frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word cheminée occurs in french on average 9.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.