different between lobby vs flobby

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l?bi/
  • Rhymes: -?bi
• (US) IPA^(key): /l?bi/

Etymology 1

From Old French *lobie, from Medieval Latin lobium, lobia, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubij? (“arbour, shelter”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?- (“to break off, peel, damage”). Related to Old English l?af (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of loggia

Political sense derives from the entrance hall of legislatures, where people traditionally tried to influence legislators because it was the most convenient place to meet them.

Noun

lobby (plural lobbies)

1. An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.

   I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.

2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
3. A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.

   The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.

4. (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
5. (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
6. A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
7. A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.

Derived terms

• gun lobby
• lobbier
• lobbyism
• lobbyist

Descendants

Translations

Verb

lobby (third-person singular simple present lobbies, present participle lobbying, simple past and past participle lobbied)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.

   For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.

   • 2002, Jim Hightower, in Wikiquote

     The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Yeah, it's not a big deal. I lobbied for fuel-cell technology on Capitol Hill. I'm friends with Sandy Bullock, really good friends. Who cares? It's not a pissing contest, right, J?

Related terms

• lobbying
• lobbyist

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

lobby (uncountable)

1. (informal) scouse (from lobscouse)
   • My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.

Further reading

• lobby in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lobby in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• lobby at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English lobby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?.bi/

Noun

lobby m (plural lobbies)

1. lobby (hall)
2. lobby (advocacy group)

Synonyms

• (advocacy group): groupe de pression

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English lobby.

Noun

lobby f (invariable)

1. lobby (group of people; hall of a bank)

Derived terms

• lobbista

Further reading

• lobby in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

From English lobby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?b.b?/

Noun

lobby n (indeclinable)

1. (politics) lobby (group of people who try to lobby)

Derived terms

• (verb) lobbowa?
• (nouns) lobbista, lobbysta, lobbing
• (adjectives) lobbistyczny, lobbystyczny

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English lobby.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?l?.bi/

Noun

lobby m (plural lobbies or lobbys (rare))

1. (politics) lobby (group of people who try to influence public officials)
2. lobby (reception area of a large building)
3. (Internet) lobby (virtual area where users find other users to a start a private conversation or video-game match with)

Synonyms

• lóbi (uncommon)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English lobby. Doublet of lonja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lobi/, [?lo.??i]

Noun

lobby m (plural lobbys)

1. lobby (group of people who try to influence public officials)

English

Etymology

flob +? -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

flobby (comparative flobbier, superlative flobbiest)

1. (slang) full of saliva

Anagrams

• bobfly