"foyer" meaning in French

See foyer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fwa.je/ Audio: Fr-foyer.ogg Forms: foyers [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *focārium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|VL.|*focārium|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Vulgar Latin *focārium, {{inh+|fr|VL.|*focārium}} Inherited from Vulgar Latin *focārium, {{inh|fr|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{inh|fr|la|focus||hearth}} Latin focus (“hearth”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} foyer m (plural foyers)
  1. hearth Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-foyer-fr-noun-~lhjI-l5
  2. lobby, foyer Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Housing, Rooms
    Sense id: en-foyer-fr-noun-obDobtxU Disambiguation of Housing: 3 45 21 18 13 Disambiguation of Rooms: 4 68 9 4 14
  3. home, domicile Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Home
    Sense id: en-foyer-fr-noun-ZZ39DHe~ Disambiguation of Home: 2 4 56 26 14
  4. household Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-foyer-fr-noun-u81ijAeg
  5. source, centre, seat Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-foyer-fr-noun-jnrMnVpp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 8 26 17 8 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: homme au foyer, femme au foyer Related terms: feu

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "→ Czech: foyer",
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      "text": "→ Czech: foyer"
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            "bor": "1"
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      "text": "→ English: foyer"
    },
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        {
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            "2": "Foyer",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ German: Foyer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Foyer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "foyer",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: foyer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: foyer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: foajé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: foajé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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    },
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          "expansion": "→ Polish: foyer",
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: foyer",
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          "source"
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          "seat",
          "seat"
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}
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "foyer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: foyer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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