foyer
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French foyer (“hearth, lobby”), in turn from Vulgar Latin *focārium, from Late Latin focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”). Cognate with Spanish hogar (“home”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɪ.ɝ/, (also) /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/, /fɔɪˈeɪ/
- (General Australian, Manchester[1]) IPA(key): /ˈfoɪ.ə/
Audio (CA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪə(ɹ)
Noun edit
foyer (plural foyers)
- A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.
- Synonym: entrance hall
- We had a drink in the foyer waiting for the play to start.
- The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
- (UK) A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.
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foyer m inan or n
Declension edit
when masculine:
Indeclinable when neuter.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French foyer, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French foier, from Vulgar Latin *focārium, from Late Latin focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
foyer m (plural foyers, diminutive foyertje n)
- foyer (lobby, waiting room or parlour)
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *focārium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”).
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Noun edit
foyer m (plural foyers)
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Further reading edit
- “foyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French foyer, from Vulgar Latin *focārium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective focārius, from Latin focus. Doublet of fokus.
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Noun edit
foyer n (indeclinable)
- foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room)
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Slovak edit
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foyer m inan (genitive singular foyeru, nominative plural foyery, genitive plural foyerov, declension pattern of dub)
foyer n
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- When used in the neuter gender, the word is indeclineable.
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Further reading edit
- “foyer”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English foyer or French foyer.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: fo‧yer
Noun edit
foyer m (plural foyers or foyer)