foyer
noun /ˈfɔɪeɪ/
/ˈfɔɪər/
- a large open space inside the entrance of a theatre or hotel where people can meet or wait synonym lobby
- I’ll meet you in the foyer at 7 o’clock.
WordfinderTopics Holidaysc2, Film and theatrec2- artistic director
- auditorium
- balcony
- box office
- circle
- director
- foyer
- stage
- the stalls
- theatre
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- entrance
- front
- grand
- …
- enter
- across the foyer
- in the foyer
- (North American English) an entrance hall in a private house or flat
- An elegant foyer leads directly to the living room.
Word Originlate 18th cent. (denoting the ‘centre of attention or activity’): from French, ‘hearth, home’, based on Latin focus ‘domestic hearth’.