vestibule

Meaning

Noun

1. A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
2. A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
3. A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
4. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
5. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
6. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
7. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.

Verb

To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules.

Synonyms

lobby

hall

entrance hall

foyer

anteroom

antechamber

covered entryway

hallway

atrium

front door

portico

vestibulum

porch

threshold

veranda

antechall

antecourt

church-porch

fore court

a lobby

corridor

doorway

entrance door

entry

entryway

front room

maze

narthex

parvis

room

stoop

terrace

Translations

vestibule

vestíbulo

προθάλαμος

Vestibül

vestibolo

vestíbulo

vestibule

Vorraum

Verbindungsgang

ingresso

hall

antichambre

androne

atrio

vestíbul

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɛ.stɪ.bjuːl/

Etymology

Early 17th century, borrowed from French vestibule (“entrance court”), from Latin vestibulum (“forecourt, entrance court; entrance”), from vestiō (“to dress, clothe, vest”) + -bulum (“place, location”, nominal suffix). Doublet of vestibulum.