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foyer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French foyer (hearth, lobby), in turn from Vulgar Latin *foc?rium, from Late Latin foc?rius, from Latin focus (hearth). Cognate with Spanish hogar (home).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, Canada) IPA(key): /?f??.e?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?f???/; also IPA(key): /?f??.e?/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /?fo??/

Noun

foyer (plural foyers)

  1. A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.
    We had a drink in the foyer waiting for the play to start.
  2. The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
  3. (Britain) A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.

Translations


Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French foyer.

Noun

foyer m

  1. theater lobby, foyer.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French foyer, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French foier, from Vulgar Latin *foc?rium, from Late Latin foc?rius, from Latin focus (hearth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /f???je?/
  • Hyphenation: foy?er
  • Rhymes: -e?

Noun

foyer m (plural foyers, diminutive foyertje n)

  1. foyer (lobby, waiting room or parlour)

Related terms

  • focus

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *foc?rium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective foc?rius, from Latin focus (hearth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fwa.je/

Noun

foyer m (plural foyers)

  1. hearth
  2. lobby, foyer
  3. home, domicile
  4. household
  5. source, centre, seat

Derived terms

  • homme au foyer
  • femme au foyer

Related terms

  • feu

Descendants

Further reading

  • “foyer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

From French foyer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fwa?j?/

Noun

foyer n (indeclinable)

  1. foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room)

Further reading

  • foyer in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • foyer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French foyer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?f?aj??/

Noun

foyer m (genitive singular foyeru, nominative plural foyery, genitive plural foyerov, declension pattern of dub)
foyer n

  1. foyer

Declension

Usage notes

  • When used in the neuter gender, the word is indeclineable.

Further reading

  • foyer in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English foyer or French foyer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fwa?je/, [fwa?je]

Noun

foyer m (plural foyers or foyer)

  1. foyer

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anteroom

English

Alternative forms

  • ante-room

Etymology

ante- +? room

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?æn.ti.??m/

Noun

anteroom (plural anterooms)

  1. A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.

Synonyms

  • antechamber
  • foreroom

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