foyer
English

A foyer in an opera house
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)
Derived terms
Translations
lobby, corridor, or waiting room
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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
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *focārium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fwa.je/
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Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
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
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔajɛː/
Noun
foyer m (genitive singular foyeru, nominative plural foyery, genitive plural foyerov, declension pattern of dub)
foyer n
Usage notes
- When used in the neuter gender, the word is indeclineable.
Declension
Spanish
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
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