foyer

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”).

• (UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɪɝ/; also IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɪɘ/

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foyer (plural foyers)

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. The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
3. (Britain) A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.

Borrowed from French foyer.

foyer m

1. theater lobby, foyer.

From Vulgar Latin *focārium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”).

• IPA^(key): /fwa.je/

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foyer m (plural foyers)

1. hearth
2. lobby, foyer
3. home, domicile
4. household
5. source, centre, seat

• feu

• “foyer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from French foyer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔajɛː/

foyer m (genitive singular foyeru, nominative plural foyery, genitive plural foyerov, declension pattern of dub)
foyer n

1. foyer

• When used in the neuter gender, the word is indeclineable.

• foyer in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Borrowed from English foyer or French foyer.

• IPA^(key): /foˈɟ͡ʝeɾ/, [foˈʝeɾ]

foyer m (plural foyers or foyer)

1. foyer