Foyer
//ˈfɔɪ.ɝ// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a large entrance or reception room or area wordnet
- 3 The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
- 4 A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people. UK
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More examples"I will meet you in the hotel 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”).
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