fireplace

See also: fire-place

English

Rococo fireplace in Hôtel Biron, which houses the Musée Rodin (Paris)

Alternative forms

fire-place (archaic)

Etymology

fire +‎ place

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪəpleɪs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪɹpleɪs/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: fire‧place

Noun

fireplace (plural fireplaces)

An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

Synonyms

hearthstead

Derived terms

Translations

open hearth

Afrikaans: kaggel
Aklanon: dapog
Albanian: vatër (sq) f
Arabic: مِدْفَأَة f (midfaʔa), مَوْقِد m (mawqid)
Armenian: բուխարի (hy) (buxari)
Aromanian: vatrã, veatrã
Assamese: জুইশাল (zuixal)
Azerbaijani: buxarı (az), şömine, kamin
Basque: beheko su
Belarusian: камі́н m (kamín)
Bulgarian: огни́ще (bg) n (ogníšte), ками́на f (kamína)
Burmese: စားဖို (my) (ca:hpui), မီးလင်းဖို (my) (mi:lang:hpui)
Catalan: llar (ca) f, llar de foc (ca) f
Catawba: impi ki
Chechen: товха (tovxa)
Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎳᎯ (atsilahi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 壁爐／壁炉 (zh) (bìlú), 暖爐／暖炉 (zh) (nuǎnlú)
Czech: krb (cs) m
Dalmatian: camain m
Danish: ildsted c, kamin (da) c, pejs c, arne (da)
Dutch: open haard (nl) m
Esperanto: fajrejo
Estonian: kamin (et)
Faroese: grúgva f, fýrstaður m
Finnish: takka (fi), avotakka (fi), tulipesä (fi)
French: âtre (fr) m, foyer (fr) f, cheminée (fr) f
Friulian: cjamin m cjaminet m
Galician: lareira (gl) f
Georgian: ბუხარი (ka) (buxari)
German: Kamin (de) m, Feuerstelle (de) f, Herd (de) m
Greek: εστία (el) f (estía), τζάκι (el) n (tzáki), παραγώνι (el) n (paragóni), παραστιά (el) f (parastiá)
Hebrew: אָח (he) f (aẖ), קָמִין (he) m (kamín)
Higaonon: abu
Hindi: चिमनी (hi) f (cimnī), भट्टी (hi) f (bhaṭṭī), चूल्हा (hi) m (cūlhā)
Hungarian: tűzhely (hu), kandalló (hu)
Icelandic: arinn m, eldstæði (is) n
Ido: herdo (io), kameno (io)
Indonesian: perapian (id)
Ingush: товгӏа (tovğa)
Irish: tinteán m, teallach m
Istriot: cameîn m
Italian: camino (it) m, caminetto (it) m, focolare (it)
Japanese: 暖炉 (ja) (だんろ, danro)
Kazakh: камин (kamin), алауошақ (alauoşaq)
Korean: 벽난로(壁煖爐) (ko) (byeongnallo), 난로(煖爐) (ko) (nallo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاگردان (agirdan)
Kyrgyz: камин (kamin), каминге (kaminge), очок (ocok)
Lao: ເຕົາໄຟ (lo) (tao fai), ເຕົາ (tao)
Latin: camīnus m, focus m
Latvian: kamīns m
Lithuanian: židinys m
Luxembourgish: Kamäin m
Macedonian: камин m (kamin)
Malay: perapian, pendiang
Maltese: fuklar m
Maori: tahaahi, takuahi, kāngaahi, pākaiahi
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: задгай зуух (zadgaj zuux), тулга (mn) (tulga)
Navajo: kǫkʼeh
Norwegian: grue (no) c,
Bokmål: ildsted (no) n, grue (no) m or f, åre (no) m or f
Ottoman Turkish: اوجاق (ocak)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: شومینِه (fa) (šomine), بُخاری (fa) (boxâri)
Plautdietsch: Fiastäd f
Polish: kominek (pl) m
Portuguese: lareira (pt) f
Romanian: cămin (ro) n, șemineu (ro), vatră (ro) f, focar (ro) n
Romansch: chamin m, tgamin m, tgamegn m
Russian: ками́н (ru) m (kamín), оча́г (ru) m (očág)
Sardinian: ziminera f, ziminea f, zaminera f, ceminera f, geminera f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̀мӣн m

Roman: kàmīn (sh) m
Sicilian: caminettu m
Slovak: krb m
Slovene: ognjišče (sl) n, kamin (sl) m
Spanish: chimenea (es) f, hogar (es) m, lar (es) m
Sundanese: anglo
Swahili: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: härd (sv) c, eldstad (sv) c
Tagalog: dapugan
Tajik: бухорӣ (buxorī), оташдор (otašdor), камин (kamin)
Tarifit: tiɣarɣart f
Thai: เตาผิง (th) (dtao-pǐng), เตาไฟ (th) (dtao-fai)
Turkish: şömine (tr)
Turkmen: kamin
Ukrainian: камі́н (uk) m (kamín)
Urdu: آتِش دان (ur) m (ātiś dān), آتِش کَدَہ (ur) m (ātiś kada), بَھٹّی f (bhaṭṭī), چُولْھا m (cūlhā)
Uyghur: تاممەش (tammesh), ئوچاق (ochaq)
Uzbek: kamin (uz), oʻchoq (uz)
Venetian: camin (vec) m
Vietnamese: lò sưởi (vi)
Volapük: filetatop (vo), filetatopafön
Welsh: lle tân (cy) m
Western Bukidnon Manobo: avu
Zazaki: zerre (diq) f
Zulu: please add this translation if you can

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