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5-letter words (1 found)

FOYER,

4-letter words (6 found)

FORE,FROE,ORFE,OYER,RYFE,YORE,

3-letter words (16 found)

ERF,FER,FEY,FOE,FOR,FOY,FRO,FRY,ORE,ORF,OYE,REF,REO,ROE,RYE,YER,

2-letter words (11 found)

EF,ER,FE,FY,OE,OF,OR,OY,RE,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 35 words from foyer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of foyer

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Definitions and meaning of foyer

foyer

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).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɪ.ɝ/, (also) /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/, /fɔɪˈeɪ/
  • (General Australian, Manchester) IPA(key): /ˈfoɪ.ə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪə(ɹ)

Noun

foyer (plural foyers)

  1. A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.
    Synonym: entrance hall
  2. The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
  3. (UK) A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.

Derived terms

  • lawyer foyer

Translations

References

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French foyer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfoajɛː]
  • IPA(key): [ˈfoajɛːr]

Noun

foyer m inan or n

  1. theater lobby, foyer

Declension

when masculine:

Indeclinable when neuter.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French foyer, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French foier, from Vulgar Latin *focārium, from Late Latin focārius, from Latin focus (hearth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʋɑˈjeː/
  • Hyphenation: foy‧er
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

foyer m (plural foyers, diminutive foyertje n)

  1. foyer (lobby, waiting room or parlour)

Related terms

  • focus

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fwa.je/

Noun

foyer m (plural foyers)

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

Derived terms

  • homme au foyer
  • femme au foyer

Related terms

  • feu

Descendants

Further reading

  • “foyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French foyer, from Vulgar Latin *focārium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective focārius, from Latin focus. Doublet of fokus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fwaˈjɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ajɛ
  • Syllabification: fo‧yer

Noun

foyer n (indeclinable)

  1. foyer (lobby, corridor, or waiting room)

Further reading

  • foyer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • foyer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French foyer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔajɛː/

Noun

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

  1. foyer

Usage notes

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

Declension

Further reading

  • “foyer”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English foyer or French foyer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fwaˈje/ [fwaˈje]
    • Rhymes: -e

    • Rhymes: -eɾ
    • Syllabification: fo‧yer

Noun

foyer m (plural foyers or foyer)

  1. foyer

Source: wiktionary.org