n.

1. A small entrance hall or passage between the outer door and the interior of a house or building.
2. An enclosed area at the end of a passenger car on a railroad train.
3. Anatomy. A cavity, chamber, or channel that leads to or is an entrance to another cavity: the vestibule to the ear.

[Latin vestibulum.]

An anteroom or small foyer leading into a larger space.

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A space or cavity at the entrance to another structure.

• aortic v. — a small space at the root of the aorta.
• auricular v. — an oval cavity in the middle of the bony labyrinth.
• ear v. — see vestibular apparatus.
• laryngeal v. — the part of the larynx between the entrance (aditus laryngis) and the vocal folds (rima glottidis).
• mouth v. — see oral vestibule (below).
• nasal v. — the anterior part of the nasal cavity.
• oral v. — the portion of the oral cavity bounded on the one side by teeth and gingivae, or the residual alveolar ridges, and on the other by the lips (labial vestibule) and cheeks (buccal vestibule).
• pharyngeal v. — 1. the fauces.
— 2. oropharynx.
• vaginal v. — see vaginal vestibule.

IN BRIEF: A room between the outside door and the inside part of a building.

We stood in the vestibule of the store until the outside door closed against the wind and rain.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - vestibule, forsal, indgangshal, forhal, forgård

Nederlands (Dutch)
halletje, portaal in trein, lichaamsholte leidend naar orgaan, vestibule, toegang gevende cursus

Français (French)
n. - (Anat, Archit) vestibule

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorhalle, Vorhof

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αρχιτ.) πρόδομος, προθάλαμος, είσοδος, χολ

Italiano (Italian)
vestibolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vestíbulo (m)

Русский (Russian)
прихожая, вестибюль

Español (Spanish)
n. - vestíbulo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vestibul, farstu, förgård

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
门廊, 前庭, 前厅

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 門廊, 前庭, 前廳

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 문간방, 차 대는 곳, 연결 복도

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 玄関, 連廊, 前庭
v. - 連廊を付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دهليز, بهو, رواق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרוזדור, אולם-כניסה, תא (בקצה קרון-רכבת), תא או עורק בגוף המתקשר עם אחר, חלק מהפה בצד החיצון של השיניים, החלל המרכזי במבוך האוזן הפנימית‬

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