foyer

Etymology

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

• (UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɪ.ɝ/, (also) /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/, /fɔɪˈeɪ/
• (General Australian, Manchester^[1]) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɪ.ə/

• Audio (Canada):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ)

Noun

foyer (plural foyers)

1. 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.

   • 2012, Taylor Swift (lyrics and music), “The Lucky One”, in Red (Taylor's Version)‎, published 2021:

     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 page

   • 2023 October 14, HarryBlank, “Face Time”, in SCP Foundation‎, archived from the original on 23 May 2024:

     "He's been waiting to jump my brain-bones since I left R&E. I could feel him hammering on the door." She trotted to the nearest wall and knocked on it for emphasis. "But whatever it is that makes us remember the good old days, it also makes us impossible to possess now. That's why Willie and I both woke up, and why Noè never got taken out by Mukami. So all I had to do was open my mind up to the guy, invite him in, then... gas the foyer, as it were."

2. The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
3. (UK) A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.

Etymology

Borrowed from French foyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoajɛː]
• IPA^(key): [ˈfoajɛːr]

Noun

foyer m inan or n

1. theater lobby, foyer

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /fʋɑˈjeː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: foy‧er
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

foyer m (plural foyers, diminutive foyertje n)

1. foyer (lobby, waiting room or parlour)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fwa.je/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

foyer m (plural foyers)

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

Further reading

• “foyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French foyer, from Vulgar Latin *focārium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective focārius, from Latin focus. Doublet of fokus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fwaˈjɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: fo‧yer

Noun

foyer n (indeclinable)

1. foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room)

Further reading

• foyer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• foyer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology

Borrowed from French foyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔajeː]

Noun

foyer m inan or n

1. foyer

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2025

Etymology

Borrowed from English foyer or French foyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fwaˈje/ [fwaˈje]
  • Rhymes: -e

• • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: fo‧yer

Noun

foyer m (plural foyers or foyer)

1. foyer