lobby

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɒb.i/
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˈlɑ.bi/ of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈlɒb.i/ of the US
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈlɔb.i/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈlɒb.i/
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• rhymes with -ɒbi
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• CMU ARPABET: L AA1 B IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Medieval Latin lobia, lobium, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, shelter”), related to Old English lēaf (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of leaf, lodge, and loggia. Political sense derives from the entrance hall of legislatures, where people traditionally tried to influence legislators because it was the most convenient place to meet them.

Shortened from lobscouse.

160 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رَدْهَة (radha) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Armenian: նախասրահ (naxasrah) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Belarusian: калідо́р (kalidór) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Belarusian: вестыбю́ль (vjestybjúlʹ) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Belarusian: фае́ (fajé) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Belarusian: перадпако́й (pjeradpakój) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Bulgarian: преддве́рие (preddvérie) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Bulgarian: фоайе́ (foajé) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Catalan: vestíbul — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Catalan: avantsala — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Chinese Mandarin: 門廳 /门厅 (méntīng) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Chinese Mandarin: 休息室 (xiūxishì) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Chinese Mandarin: 大廳 /大厅 (dàtīng) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Czech: předsíň — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Czech: foyer — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Danish: lobby — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Dutch: lobby — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Esperanto: vestiblo — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Etruscan: 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌌 (atrium) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Finnish: aula — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Finnish: halli — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Finnish: eteinen — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Finnish: eteisaula — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Finnish: lobby — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• French: vestibule — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• French: foyer — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• French: hall — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Gallurese: patiu — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Gallurese: intrata — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Georgian: ფოიე (poie) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• German: Lobby — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• German: Foyer — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• German: Vorraum — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• German: Vorhalle — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Hebrew: לוֹבִּי (lóbi) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Icelandic: anddyri — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Icelandic: forstofa — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Icelandic: forsalur — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Icelandic: fordyri — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Icelandic: forbyrgi — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Irish: forhalla — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Italian: atrio — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Japanese: ロビー (robī) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Japanese: 休息所 (kyūsokujo) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Korean: 로비 (robi) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Korean: 휴게소 (hyugeso) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Macedonian: предво́рие (predvórie) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Macedonian: пре́дворје (prédvorje) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Macedonian: фоаје́ (foajé) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Māori: roro — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Persian: سرسرا (sarsarâ) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Plautdietsch: Gank — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Polish: korytarz — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Polish: westybul — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Polish: hol — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Polish: hall — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Polish: przedpokój — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Polish: sień — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Polish: foyer — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Polish: przedsionek — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Portuguese: saguão — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Portuguese: vestíbulo — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Portuguese: átrio — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Russian: коридо́р (koridór) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Russian: вестибю́ль (vestibjúlʹ) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Russian: фойе́ (fojjé) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Russian: холл (xoll) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Russian: прихо́жая (prixóžaja) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Campidanese Sardinian: patiu — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Sardinian: patiu — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Sassarese: patiu — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-sheòmar — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Scottish Gaelic: for-sheòmar — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Slovak: predsieň — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Slovak: foyer — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Slovak: loby — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Spanish: vestíbulo — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Spanish: recibidor — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Spanish: zaguán — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Spanish: atrio — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Spanish: palier — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Spanish: lobby — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Turkish: lobi — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Turkish: dalan — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Ottoman Turkish: دهلیز (dehliz, dihliz) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Ukrainian: коридо́р (korydór) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Ukrainian: вестибю́ль (vestybjúlʹ) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Ukrainian: фойє́ (fojjé) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Ukrainian: хол (xol) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Ukrainian: передпо́кій (peredpókij) — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Vietnamese: hành lang — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Vietnamese: phòng chờ — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Vietnamese: phòng đợi — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Vietnamese: tiền sảnh — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Vietnamese: đại sảnh — entryway or waiting area; vestibule
• Armenian: լոբբի (lobbi) — group of people who try to lobby
• Belarusian: ло́бі (lóbi) — group of people who try to lobby
• Bulgarian: ло́би (lóbi) — group of people who try to lobby
• Catalan: lobby — group of people who try to lobby
• Chinese Mandarin: 遊說集團 /游说集团 (yóushuì jítuán) — group of people who try to lobby
• Czech: lobby — group of people who try to lobby
• Danish: lobby — group of people who try to lobby
• Dutch: lobby — group of people who try to lobby
• French: lobby — group of people who try to lobby
• German: Lobby — group of people who try to lobby
• Hebrew: שְׁדֻלָּה (shdula) — group of people who try to lobby
• Hebrew: לוֹבִּי (lóbi) — group of people who try to lobby
• Hungarian: lobbi — group of people who try to lobby
• Italian: lobby — group of people who try to lobby
• Japanese: ロビー (robī) — group of people who try to lobby
• Japanese: 圧力団体 (atsuryoku dantai) — group of people who try to lobby
• Korean: 로비 (robi) — group of people who try to lobby
• Korean: 압력단체 (amnyeokdanche) — group of people who try to lobby
• Macedonian: ло́би (lóbi) — group of people who try to lobby
• Polish: lobby — group of people who try to lobby
• Portuguese: lobby — group of people who try to lobby
• Portuguese: lóbi — group of people who try to lobby
• Russian: ло́бби (lóbbi) — group of people who try to lobby
• Serbo-Croatian: лоби — group of people who try to lobby
• Serbo-Croatian: lobi — group of people who try to lobby
• Slovak: loby — group of people who try to lobby
• Slovene: lobi — group of people who try to lobby
• Spanish: lobby — group of people who try to lobby
• Spanish: grupo de presión — group of people who try to lobby
• Spanish: grupo de cabildeo — group of people who try to lobby
• Spanish: grupo cabildero — group of people who try to lobby
• Spanish: camarilla — group of people who try to lobby
• Ukrainian: ло́бі (lóbi) — group of people who try to lobby
• Belarusian: лабі́раваць (labíravacʹ) — to attempt to influence
• Bulgarian: лоби́рам (lobíram) — to attempt to influence
• Chinese Mandarin: 遊說 /游说 (yóushuì) — to attempt to influence
• Danish: lobbye — to attempt to influence
• Dutch: lobbyen — to attempt to influence
• Esperanto: fari premon — to attempt to influence
• Finnish: lobata — to attempt to influence
• French: faire pression sur — to attempt to influence
• Georgian: ლობირება (lobireba) — to attempt to influence
• Georgian: ლობირებას უწევს (lobirebas uc̣evs) — to attempt to influence
• Georgian: ლობირებას ეწევა (lobirebas ec̣eva) — to attempt to influence
• Georgian: ლობირებას ახორციელებს (lobirebas axorcielebs) — to attempt to influence
• German: lobbyieren — to attempt to influence
• Hungarian: lobbizik — to attempt to influence
• Italian: fare pressioni su — to attempt to influence
• Italian: esercitare influenza su — to attempt to influence
• Italian: fare manovre di corridoio — to attempt to influence
• Polish: lobbować — to attempt to influence
• Portuguese: fazer lobby — to attempt to influence
• Russian: лобби́ровать (lobbírovatʹ) — to attempt to influence
• Scottish Gaelic: coitich — to attempt to influence
• Sicilian: pruvari a cummìnciri — to attempt to influence
• Sicilian: nzìstiri — to attempt to influence
• Sicilian: mprisiari — to attempt to influence
• Sicilian: èssiri mprisiusu — to attempt to influence
• Slovene: lobirati — to attempt to influence
• Spanish: cabildear — to attempt to influence
• Spanish: recabar — to attempt to influence
• Spanish: hacer lobbying — to attempt to influence
• Ukrainian: лобі́рувати (lobíruvaty) — to attempt to influence
• Ukrainian: лобіювати (lobijuvaty) — to attempt to influence
• Vietnamese: vận động hành lang — to attempt to influence