foyer
French, noun/fwa.je/
foyer is spelled F-O-Y-E-R (5 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written French, the 3,248th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Foyer is a French masculine noun meaning “hearth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “(Selon certains auteurs) Partie d’une cheminée se trouvant au devant de l’âtre (on brûle le bois), Il se…”.
What does foyer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehearth
- 2
masculinelobby, foyer
- 3
masculinehome, domicile
- 4
masculinehousehold
- 5
masculinesource, centre, seat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Selon certains auteurs) Partie d’une cheminée se trouvant au devant de l’âtre (on brûle le bois), Il se trouve donc en dehors des jambages de la cheminée. Il est souvent constitué de pierres ou de briques si le sol de la pièce est en parquet. 2. (Selon d’autres auteurs) Synonyme d’âtre. 3. Partie d’un poêle, d’un fourneau où se fait le feu. 4. À l’intérieur de la chambre de combustion, zone où les ergols entrent en réaction.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of foyer
- foyers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce foyer?
- /fwa.je/
- \fwa.je\
- [fwa.je]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to foyer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is foyer in French?
foyer appears 24 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).