Dictionary

foyer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/ (US, also)
• /ˈfoɪ.ə/ (Australia)
• (Canada) audio
• /ˈfɔɪ.ɚ/ (US)
• /fɔɪˈeɪ/ (US)
• /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/ (Canada, 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”).

Meanings

1. A lobby, corridor, anteroom, or waiting room. ▸ Such a space used in a hotel, theater, etc.
   • We had a drink in the foyer waiting for the play to start.
   • "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." 2023 October 14, HarryBlank, “Face Time”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024:
   • 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 2012, Taylor Swift, “The Lucky One”, in Red (Taylor's Version), published 2021:
2. A lobby, corridor, anteroom, or waiting room. ▸ Such a space in a residence (house or apartment).
   • Near-synonym: vestibule
3. The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
4. (UK) A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.

Forms

Deriveds

lawyer foyer · foyerlike · foyered

Synonyms

vestibule · entrance hall

Translations (66)

hy ֆոյե (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · da foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · rsk фоає (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · sh predsoblje (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · hu előcsarnok (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · nb foajé (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · nb foaje (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · sh предсобље (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · rue фойе́ (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · it ridotto (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · hu előtér (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · sh foàjē (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · is fordyri (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · sl foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · es vestíbulo (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · pt saguão (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · fi aula (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · sv foajé (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · gl sanguán (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · cmn 休息室 (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · tr fuaye (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · nn foajé (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · sq pojatë (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · af ingangsportaal (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · sq treme (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · bg фоайе́ (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · de Foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · es zaguán (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · uk фоє (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · es foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · af foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · is forsalur (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · nn foaje (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · ru фойе́ (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · it foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · is forbyrgi (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · sv entré (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · pl foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · ar بَهْو (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · mk фоаје́ (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · tl ulutan (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · fr foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · hy ճեմասրահ (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · cmn 門廳 /门厅 (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · gl subeira (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · sk foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · mi roro (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · nl foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · ja 玄関 (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · is forstofa (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · id foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · hu hall (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · is anddyri (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · hu társalgó (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · cs foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · he פואייה /פוּאָיֶה (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · fi lämpiö (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · ga forhalla (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · mi tomokanga (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · be фае́ (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · he מְבוֹאָה (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · sh фоа̀је̄ (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · ka ფოიე (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · el φουαγιέ (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · gl andadeiro (lobby, corridor, or waiting room) · uk фойє́ (lobby, corridor, or waiting room)