foy·er 
(foiər, foiā′, fwäyā′)
(foiər, foiā′, fwäyā′)n.
1. A lobby or anteroom, as of a theater or hotel.
2. An entrance hall; a vestibule.
[French, social center, from Old French foier, fireplace, from Vulgar Latin *focārium, from Late Latin, neuter of focārius, of the hearth (unattested sense), from Latin focus, fire.]