English Explanatory Dictionary

vestibule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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 large entrance hall in a temple or palace.
  3. An enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car.
  4. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
  5. 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.
  6. The part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice.
  7. The part of the mouth outside the teeth and gums.
  8. Clipping of vulval vestibule: the space in the vulva between the labia minora and into which both the urethra and vagina open.
verb
  1. To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɛ.stɪ.bjuːl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vestibule.wav /ˈvɛ.stəˌbjul/

Word forms

vestibule vestibules vestibuling vestibuled

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.

Related words

invest vest vestment vesture wear

Derived words

vestibular vestibulo- vestibul- vestibule school vestibule train vestibuled

Translations

Armenian: նախասրահ Azerbaijani: vestibül Azerbaijani: girəcək Belarusian: вестыбю́ль Belarusian: перадпако́й Bulgarian: вестибю́л Bulgarian: преддве́рие Catalan: vestíbul Chinese Mandarin: 玄關 /玄关 Chinese Mandarin: 門廳 /门厅 Chinese Mandarin: 前廳 /前厅 Czech: předsíň Danish: vestibule Dutch: vestibule Esperanto: vestiblo Finnish: eteinen Finnish: tuulikaappi Finnish: eteishalli Finnish: vestibyyli French: vestibule Galician: vestíbulo Georgian: ვესტიბიული German: Windfang German: Vorraum German: Vorhalle German: Eingangshalle German: Vestibulum German: Vorhof Ancient Greek: θυρών Ancient Greek: προστάς Hungarian: előtér Hungarian: előcsarnok Hungarian: belépő Hungarian: vesztibül Hungarian: tornác Hungarian: fültornác Hungarian: vestibulum Icelandic: anddyri Icelandic: fordyri Icelandic: forstofa Icelandic: forsalur Icelandic: forbyrgi Icelandic: forgarður Icelandic: önd Icelandic: hol Italian: vestibolo Japanese: ロビー Kazakh: ауыз үй Korean: 로비 Northern Kurdish: dalan Latin: vestibulum Macedonian: вестибил Macedonian: предворие Macedonian: предворје Norwegian Bokmål: vestibyle Norwegian Nynorsk: vestibyle Plautdietsch: Väatus Polish: hol Polish: przedsionek Polish: sień Polish: przedpokój Polish: wiatrołap Polish: westybul Portuguese: vestíbulo Romanian: vestibul Romanian: antreu Romanian: hol de intrare Russian: вестибю́ль Russian: прихо́жая Russian: пере́дняя Slovak: predsieň Spanish: vestíbulo Swedish: farstu Swedish: vestibul Ottoman Turkish: دهلیز Ukrainian: вестибю́ль Ukrainian: передпо́кій Walloon: poice Persian: دهلیز
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