vestibule

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.stɪ.bjuːl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.stəˌbjul/ === Noun === vestibule (plural vestibules) (architecture) A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building. [from the 17th c.] Near-synonym: foyer (architecture) A large entrance hall in a temple or palace. (rail transport) An enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car. (anatomy) Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space. [from the 18th c.] The central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear or the parts (such as the saccule and utricle) of the membranous labyrinth that it contains. The part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice. The part of the mouth outside the teeth and gums. Clipping of vulval vestibule: the space in the vulva between the labia minora and into which both the urethra and vagina open. ==== Derived terms ==== vestibular vestibulo-, vestibul- vestibule school vestibule train ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === vestibule (third-person singular simple present vestibules, present participle vestibuling, simple past and past participle vestibuled) (transitive) To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules. ==== Derived terms ==== vestibuled === References === “vestibule”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “vestibule”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Danish == === Etymology === Via French vestibule, from Latin vestibulum === Noun === vestibule c (singular definite vestibulen, plural indefinite vestibuler) (architecture) vestibule ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== hall foyer === References === “vestibule” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin vestibulum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɛs.ti.byl/ === Noun === vestibule m (plural vestibules) hall, entrance hall vestibule ==== Related terms ==== veste vestibulaire ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “vestibule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012