foyer

Other forms of foyer

plural

foyers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about foyer

What does foyer mean?

foyer means "a large entrance or reception room or area".

How many syllables are in foyer?

foyer has 2 syllables: fo-yer. The stress falls on "fo". In IPA it is /ˈfɔɪɚ/.

What is another word for foyer?

Close synonyms include anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, lobby. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foyer a common word?

foyer is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.