different between portico vs foyer

English

Etymology

From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??t?k??/

Noun

portico (plural porticos or porticoes)

1. A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:porch

Derived terms

• porticoed
• porticolike

Translations

Anagrams

• porotic, prootic

Italian

Etymology

From Latin porticus.

Noun

portico m (plural portici)

1. portico, arcade, porch

   Synonym: pronao

Derived terms

• sottoportico

Related terms

• porticato
• porta

Descendants

• ? English: portico

Anagrams

• protico, tropico

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English portico, ultimately from Latin porticus.

Noun

portico m (plural porticos)

1. (Jersey) porch

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