Foyer Meaning
/ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.
nounThe crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
Sentence Examples
I will meet you in the hotel foyer.
I think it's in the foyer.
CEFR Practice Quiz
We left our umbrellas in the ____ before entering the theater.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Guests were greeted in the elegant ____ of the hotel before being shown to their luxury rooms.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Now it's big black cars and Riviera views / And your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you / And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page"
— 2012, Taylor Swift, “The Lucky One”, in Red (Taylor's Version), published 2021:
""He's been waiting to jump my brain-bones since I left R&E. I could feel him hammering on the door." She trotted to the nearest wall and knocked on it for emphasis. "But whatever it is that makes us remember the good old days, it also makes us impossible to possess now. That's why Willie and I both woke up, and why Noè never got taken out by Mukami. So all I had to do was open my mind up to the guy, invite him in, then... gas the foyer, as it were.""
— 2023 October 14, HarryBlank, “Face Time”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We left our umbrellas in the ____ before entering the theater.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Guests were greeted in the elegant ____ of the hotel before being shown to their luxury rooms.