foyer.
A lobby, corridor, anteroom, or waiting room.
Meaning & usage
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.
A lobby, corridor, anteroom, or waiting room. Such a space in a residence (house or apartment).
The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.
Where this word comes from
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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