vestibule
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vestibule
- /ˈvɛ.stɪ.bjuːl/ UK
- /ˈvɛ.stəˌbjul/ US
Where it comes from
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.
noun vestibules
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A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
Near-synonym: foyer
Similar: foyer
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A large entrance hall in a temple or palace.
Similar: foyer
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An enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car.
The exit side of the front vestibule contains a sliding door.
Similar: foyer
- Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space. The membrane of the vestibule in this animal is thrown into three folds. The margins of these folds, looking towards the vestibule, are approximated, and, following the law which is now known to regulate the formation of hollow tubes, doubtless unite and coalesce in the next higher species of fish.
- 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. The incision of the mucosa over the premaxilla is traced a millimetre or two from the furrow that marks the bottom of the barely-defined vestibule.
- Clipping of vulval vestibule: the space in the vulva between the labia minora and into which both the urethra and vagina open. She spread her labia further, both sets of lips protecting the vestibule, the delicate area between them.
verb vestibules · vestibuling · vestibuled
- To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules. the vestibuled platform
Translations
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noun small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
| Español | vestíbulo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 로비 robi |
| 日本語 | ロビー robī |
| 中文 | 玄關 /玄关 xuánguān, 門廳 /门厅 méntīng, 前廳 /前厅 qiántīng |
| Português | vestíbulo |
| Français | vestibule |
| Deutsch | Windfang, Vorraum, Vorhalle, Eingangshalle |
| Italiano | vestibolo |
| Română | vestibul, antreu, hol de intrare |
| Русский | вестибю́ль vestibjúlʹ, прихо́жая prixóžaja, пере́дняя perédnjaja |
| עברית | פְּרוֹזְדוֹר prozdór |
noun body cavity
| Español | vestíbulo |
|---|---|
| Português | vestíbulo |
| Deutsch | Vestibulum, Vorhof |
noun enclosed entrance of a railway passenger car
| Русский | та́мбур támbur |
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title = {vestibule},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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