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fumer comme une cheminée

French, verb/fy.me kɔ.m‿yn ʃə.mi.ne/

fumer comme une cheminée is a French verb meaning “Be a heavy smoker; smoke like a chimney” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fumer excessivement du tabac”.

What does fumer comme une cheminée mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Be a heavy smoker; smoke like a chimney

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Fumer excessivement du tabac.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of fumer comme une cheminée

  • fumer comme des cheminées plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fumer comme une cheminée?

  • /fy.me kɔ.m‿yn ʃə.mi.ne/
  • \fy.me kɔ.m‿yn ʃə.mi.ne\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.