kamin

See also: Kamin and kamiń

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caminus, from Ancient Greek κάμινος (káminos).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -in

Noun

kamin

1. fireplace, hearth (in an open recess in the wall of a room)

Declension

Declension of kamin

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kamin	kaminen	kaminer	kaminerne
genitive	kamins	kaminens	kaminers	kaminernes

Hypernyms

• ildsted

See also

• pejs, arne

Further reading

• “kamin” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “kamin” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kàː.mìn, kàː.mín/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kàː.mɪ̀n, kàː.mɪ́ŋ]

Conjunction

kā̀mìn, kā̀min

1. Alternative form of kafin

Japanese

Romanization

kamin

1. Rōmaji transcription of かみん
2. Rōmaji transcription of カミン

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian camino and/or Sicilian caminu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmiːn/

Noun

kamin m (plural kamini)

1. course, process
2. screw
3. screw thread

Related terms

• kkamina (inkamina)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caminus, from Ancient Greek κάμινος (káminos).

Noun

kamin m (definite singular kaminen, indefinite plural kaminer, definite plural kaminene)

1. fireplace

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin camīnus (or from Greek), from Ancient Greek κάμινος (káminos, “furnace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǎmiːn/
• Hyphenation: ka‧min

Noun

kàmīn m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀мӣн)

1. hearth, fireplace

Declension

Declension of kamin

	singular	plural
nominative	kàmīn	kamini
genitive	kamína	kamina
dative	kaminu	kaminima
accusative	kamin	kamine
vocative	kamine	kamini
locative	kaminu	kaminima
instrumental	kaminom	kaminima

References

• “kamin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamíːn/

Noun

kamȋn m inan

1. fireplace

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kamín
gen. sing.	kamína
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kamín	kamína	kamíni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kamína	kamínov	kamínov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kamínu	kamínoma	kamínom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kamín	kamína	kamíne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kamínu	kamínih	kamínih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kamínom	kamínoma	kamíni

Further reading

• “kamin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

en braskamin

Etymology

From Latin camīnus. Cognate with German Kamin.

Noun

kamin c

1. an (iron) stove for heating a room

Declension

Declension of kamin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kamin	kamins
	definite	kaminen	kaminens
plural	indefinite	kaminer	kaminers
	definite	kaminerna	kaminernas

Derived terms

• braskamin (variant with a glass door)

Descendants

• → Finnish: kamiina

References

• kamin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kamin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kamin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)