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Foyer

//ˈfɔɪ.ɝ// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a large entrance or reception room or area wordnet
  3. 3
    The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
  4. 4
    A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people. UK

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”).

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