foyer

See also: Foyer

English

A foyer in an opera house

Etymology

From French foyer (“hearth, lobby”), in turn from Vulgar Latin *focārium, from Late Latin focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) / (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɪɝ/; also IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɪɘ/

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 the play to start.

2. The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.

Translations

lobby, corridor, or waiting room

• Armenian: ճեմասրահ (čemasrah), ֆոյե (foye)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 門廳, 门厅 (zh) (méntīng), 休息室 (zh), 休息室 (zh) (xiūxishì)

• Finnish: aula (fi), lämpiö (fi)
• French: foyer (fr) m

• German: Foyer (de) n
• Irish: forhalla m
• Russian: фойе (ru) n (foje)
• Serbo-Croatian: foaje m
• Spanish: zaguán (es) m
• Swedish: foajé (sv) c

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Czech

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

From French foyer.

Noun

foyer m

1. theater lobby, foyer.

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French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *focārium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fwa.je/

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Noun

foyer m (plural foyers)

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