Synonyms for foyer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : foi-er, foi-ey; French fwa-yey
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔɪ ər, ˈfɔɪ eɪ; French fwaˈyeɪ


Définition of foyer

Origin :
  • 1859, from French foyer "green room, room for actors when not on stage," literally "fireplace," from Old French foier "furnace, stove, hearth, fireplace" (12c.), from Latin focarium, noun use of neuter of adjective focarius "having to do with the hearth," from focus "hearth, fireplace" (see focus (n.)).
  • noun receiving area
Example sentences :
  • My heart was heavy, though, as I went back to the foyer, where I had left my hat.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • The rehearsals began in the foyer, which troubled me very much.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • She clucked at the sight of the pool of water he was creating in her foyer.
  • Extract from : « Dream Town » by Henry Slesar
  • At that moment Yoga Rama came into the foyer, and he was accused by us of having been able to see.
  • Extract from : « Telepathy » by W. W. Baggally
  • Something had whisked past the archway leading into the foyer.
  • Extract from : « The Doorway » by Evelyn E. Smith
  • A one-step was just over, and the dancers were crowding the foyer.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 » by Various
  • In the foyer of the hotel he sat down as if waiting for somebody.
  • Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White
  • There were only two other doors leading from the foyer, and both of them were closed.
  • Extract from : « Unwise Child » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • "Now, then," he said, leading the way up the foyer into the theatre.
  • Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
  • When he is being played, many of us have to rush away and saunter in the foyer.
  • Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke

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