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foy⋅er

  [foi-er, foi-ey; Fr. fwa-yey]
–noun, plural -ers  [-erz, -eyz; Fr. -yey] .
1. the lobby of a theater, hotel, or apartment house.
2. a vestibule or entrance hall in a house or apartment.
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Origin:
1855–60; < F: fireplace, hearth (orig. a room to which theater audiences went for warmth between the acts) < Gallo-L *focārium, equiv. to L foc(us) hearth (cf. focus ) + -ārium -arium
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foy·er   (foi'ər, foi'ā', fwä'yā')   
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.]
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foyer 
1859, from Fr. foyer "green room, room for actors when not on stage," lit. "fireplace," from O.Fr. foyer, from L. focarius "having to do with the hearth," from focus "hearth, fireplace."
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foyer

intermediate area between the exterior and interior of a building, especially a theatre. Originally the term was applied only to that area in French theatres, comparable to the greenroom in English theatres, where actors relaxed when they were offstage. Because actors were accustomed to visits by friends during and after performances, such areas came to be large and handsomely decorated.

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