foyer
English
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) IPA(key): /ˈfoɪ.ɘ/
Audio (CA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪə(ɹ)
Noun
foyer (plural foyers)
- 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.
- The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
- (UK) A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.
Derived terms
- lawyer foyer
Translations
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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from French foyer.
Noun
foyer m
- theater lobby, foyer.
Dutch
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)
- foyer (lobby, waiting room or parlour)
Related terms
- focus
French
Etymology
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)
- hearth
- lobby, foyer
- home, domicile
- household
- source, centre, seat
Derived terms
- homme au foyer
- femme au foyer
Related terms
- feu
Descendants
- → Crimean Tatar: foye
- → Czech: foyer
- → English: foyer
- → German: Foyer
- → Norwegian Bokmål: foajé
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: foajé
- → Polish: foyer
- → Russian: фойе́ (fojé) (see there for further descendants)
- → Slovak: foyer
- → Spanish: foyer
- → Serbo-Croatian: foaje
- → Turkish: fuaye
Further reading
- “foyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
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: -ajɛ
- Syllabification: fo‧yer
Noun
foyer n (indeclinable)
- foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room)
Further reading
- foyer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- foyer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from French foyer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔajɛː/
Noun
foyer m (genitive singular foyeru, nominative plural foyery, genitive plural foyerov, declension pattern of dub)
foyer n
- foyer
Usage notes
- When used in the neuter gender, the word is indeclineable.
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | foyer | foyery |
genitive | foyeru | foyerov |
dative | foyeru | foyerom |
accusative | foyer | foyery |
locative | foyeri | foyeroch |
instrumental | foyerom | foyermi |
Further reading
- foyer in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English foyer or French foyer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fwaˈje/ [fwaˈje]
- Rhymes: -e
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /foˈʝeɾ/ [foˈʝeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /foˈʃeɾ/ [foˈʃeɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /foˈʒeɾ/ [foˈʒeɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: fo‧yer
Noun
foyer m (plural foyers or foyer)
- foyer