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masculine

/fwa.je/

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Translation

home, hearth; hostel; foyer

Word origin

From Vulgar Latin focarium ('place for fire'), from Latin focus ('hearth, fireplace'). The hearth stood for the household, which is how the word came to mean 'home'.

Origin: Latin
Root: focus
English cognates: focus, fuel, foyer

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralfoyers

Examples

, au .

After three months of travelling, he came home.

The cat is sleeping in front of the hearth.

loge ' .

She is staying in a student hostel near the station.

l'entracte.

We are meeting in the theatre foyer at the interval.

tous .

Almost every French household owns a mobile phone.

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This word is part of lesson 38.