foyer
UK/ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/US/ˈfɔɪ.ɚ/
foyer noun: such a space used in a hotel, theater, etc.
Noun
foyer (plural foyers)
- Such a space used in a hotel, theater, etc.
- We had a drink in the foyer waiting for the play to start.
- Now it's big black cars and Riviera views / And your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you / And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page2012, Taylor Swift, “The Lucky One”, in Red (Taylor's Version), published 2021
- Synonyms:
- entrance hall
- Such a space in a residence (house or apartment).
- Near-synonym: vestibule
- Synonyms:
- vestibule
- The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
- A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.
foyer meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
foyer in Tamil
- ஒரு வீடு, விடுதி, முன்னறை, முன்றில், இடைகழி, வெராண்டா
foyer in Urdu
- فوائر, فوئر, فویر
foyer in Telugu
- a foyer, lobby, anteroom, entrance, passage
- చోపా cōpā
foyer in Malayalam
- hallway, entrance hall, hall
- പ്രവേശനഭാഗത്തുള്ള വലിയ മുറി, വരാന്ത, പ്രവേശനമുറി, പ്രധാന പ്രവേശനമുറി, ഹാൾ, ഇടനാഴി
More languagesFewer languages
- foyer in Nepali
- फोयर
- foyer in Tagalog
- ulutan
- foyer in Arabic
- بَهْو bahw
- foyer in Indonesian
- foyer
Examples of foyer in a sentence
- The foyer carpet needed regular shampooings.
- Did Michaela show you the original piece of wainscoting in the foyer?
- In the soft light of the foyer my membrum, betrousered, is truly rampant.
Synonyms of foyer
Forms of foyer
| plural | foyers |
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Origin of foyer
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”).
Words formed from foyer
Words that rhyme with foyer
Questions about foyer
- What does foyer mean?
- Foyer means such a space used in a hotel, theater, etc.
- What is foyer in Tamil?
- Foyer in Tamil is ஒரு வீடு, விடுதி, முன்னறை. See Foyer meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is foyer?
- Foyer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce foyer?
- Foyer is pronounced /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of foyer?
- The plural of foyer is foyers.
Words near foyer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: foyer (page history and authors); foyer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foyer (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); చోపా (Telugu) (page history and authors); foyer (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); foyer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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