noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvɛ.stɪ.bjuːl/
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General-American:/ˈvɛ.stəˌbjul/
CMU ARPABET:V EH1 S T IH0 B Y UW2 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
Examples
Near-synonym: foyer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foyer
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
A large entrance hall in a temple or palace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foyer
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
An enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture, rail-transport, railways, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foyer
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
The part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
The part of the mouth outside the teeth and gums.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
Clipping of vulval vestibule: the space in the vulva between the labia minora and into which both the urethra and vagina open.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
verb
Meaning 9
To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
a large entrance or reception room or area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum
Narrower terms: vestibule of the ear, vestibule of the vagina
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
նախասրահ
(naxasrah)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Azerbaijani:
vestibül
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Azerbaijani:
girəcək
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Belarusian:
вестыбю́ль
(vjestybjúlʹ)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Belarusian:
перадпако́й
(pjeradpakój)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Bulgarian:
вестибю́л
(vestibjúl)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Bulgarian:
преддве́рие
(preddvérie)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Catalan:
vestíbul
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Chinese Mandarin:
玄關 /玄关
(xuánguān)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Chinese Mandarin:
門廳 /门厅
(méntīng)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Chinese Mandarin:
前廳 /前厅
(qiántīng)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Czech:
předsíň
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Danish:
vestibule
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Dutch:
vestibule
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Esperanto:
vestiblo
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Finnish:
eteinen
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Finnish:
tuulikaappi
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Finnish:
eteishalli
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Finnish:
vestibyyli
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
French:
vestibule
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Galician:
vestíbulo
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Georgian:
ვესტიბიული
(vesṭibiuli)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
German:
Windfang
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
German:
Vorraum
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
German:
Vorhalle
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
German:
Eingangshalle
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Ancient Greek:
θυρών
(thurṓn)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Ancient Greek:
προστάς
(prostás)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Hebrew:
פְּרוֹזְדוֹר
(prozdór)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Hungarian:
előtér
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Hungarian:
előcsarnok
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Hungarian:
belépő
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Hungarian:
vesztibül
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Icelandic:
anddyri
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Icelandic:
fordyri
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Icelandic:
forstofa
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Icelandic:
forsalur
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Icelandic:
forbyrgi
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Italian:
vestibolo
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Japanese:
ロビー
(robī)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Kazakh:
ауыз үй
(auyz üi)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Korean:
로비
(robi)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Northern Kurdish:
dalan
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Latin:
vestibulum
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Macedonian:
вестибил
(vestibil)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Macedonian:
предворие
(predvorie)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Macedonian:
предворје
(predvorje)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Norwegian Bokmål:
vestibyle
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Norwegian Nynorsk:
vestibyle
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Plautdietsch:
Väatus
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Polish:
hol
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Polish:
przedsionek
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Polish:
sień
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Polish:
przedpokój
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Polish:
wiatrołap
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Polish:
westybul
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Portuguese:
vestíbulo
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Romanian:
vestibul
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Romanian:
antreu
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Romanian:
hol de intrare
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Russian:
вестибю́ль
(vestibjúlʹ)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Russian:
прихо́жая
(prixóžaja)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Russian:
пере́дняя
(perédnjaja)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Slovak:
predsieň
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Spanish:
vestíbulo
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Swedish:
farstu
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Swedish:
vestibul
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Ottoman Turkish:
دهلیز
(dehliz, dihliz)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Ukrainian:
вестибю́ль
(vestybjúlʹ)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Ukrainian:
передпо́кій
(peredpókij)
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Walloon:
poice
— small entrance hall before main hall or lobby
Finnish:
eteinen
— enclosed entrance of a railway passenger car
Hungarian:
(zárt) peron
— enclosed entrance of a railway passenger car
Hungarian:
átjáróelőtér
— enclosed entrance of a railway passenger car
Polish:
westybul
— enclosed entrance of a railway passenger car
Russian:
та́мбур
(támbur)
— enclosed entrance of a railway passenger car
