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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old French *lobie, from Medieval Latin lobium, lobia, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, shelter”).
Related to Old English lēaf (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of 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.
Noun
lobby (plural lobbies)
- An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.
- That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
- (politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.
- (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
- (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
- A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
- A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
- A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.
- 2005, Charles R. "Butch" Farabee Jr., Death, Daring, and Disaster (page 135)
- Ranger Leslie Thompson, assigned to elevator duty, brought the elevator to the surface about 12:30 to bring down the tourists who were in the lobby of the elevator tower at that time.
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Descendants
Descendants of lobby in other languages
Translations
entryway or waiting area; vestibule
- Arabic: رَدْهَة f (radha)
- Armenian: նախասրահ (hy) (naxasrah)
- Belarusian: калідо́р m (kalidór), вестыбю́ль m (vjestybjúlʹ), фае́ n (fajé), перадпако́й m (pjeradpakój)
- Bulgarian: преддве́рие (bg) n (preddvérie), фоайе́ (bg) n (foajé)
- Catalan: vestíbul (ca) m, avantsala f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 門廳/门厅 (zh) (méntīng), 休息室 (zh) (xiūxishì), 大廳/大厅 (zh) (dàtīng)
- Czech: předsíň (cs) f, foyer (cs) m
- Danish: lobby (da) c
- Esperanto: vestiblo
- Etruscan: 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌌 (atrium)
- Finnish: aula (fi), halli (fi), eteinen (fi), eteisaula, lobby (fi)
- French: vestibule (fr) m, foyer (fr) m, hall (fr) m
- Gallurese: patiu, intrata
- Georgian: ფოიე (poie)
- German: Lobby (de) n, Foyer (de) n, Vorraum (de) m, Vorhalle (de) f
- Hebrew: לוֹבִּי (he) m (lóbi)
- Icelandic: anddyri (is) n, forstofa (is) f, forsalur m, fordyri n, forbyrgi n
- Irish: forhalla m
- Italian: atrio (it) m
- Japanese: ロビー (ja) (robī), 休息所 (ja) (きゅうそくじょ, kyūsokujo)
- Korean: 로비 (ko) (robi), 휴게소(休憩所) (ko) (hyugeso)
- Macedonian: предво́рие n (predvórie), пре́дворје n (prédvorje), фоаје́ n (foajé)
- Persian: سرسرا (fa) (sarsarâ)
- Plautdietsch: Gank m
- Polish: korytarz (pl) m, westybul (pl) m, hol (pl) m, hall (pl) m, przedpokój (pl) m, sień (pl) m, foyer (pl) m, przedsionek (pl) m
- Portuguese: saguão (pt) m, vestíbulo (pt) m, átrio (pt) m
- Russian: коридо́р (ru) m (koridór), вестибю́ль (ru) m (vestibjúlʹ), фойе́ (ru) n (fojé), холл (ru) m (xoll), прихо́жая (ru) f (prixóžaja)
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese: patiu
- Logudorese: patiu m
- Sassarese: patiu
- Scottish Gaelic: eadar-sheòmar m, for-sheòmar m
- Slovak: predsieň f, foyer m
- Spanish: vestíbulo (es) m, recibidor m, zaguán (es) m, atrio (es) m
- Turkish: lobi (tr), dalan (tr)
- Ukrainian: коридо́р (uk) m (korydór), вестибю́ль m (vestybjúlʹ), фойє́ n (fojjé), хол m (xol), передпо́кій (uk) m (peredpókij)
- Vietnamese: hành lang (vi), phòng chờ, phòng đợi, tiền sảnh, đại sảnh
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group of people who try to lobby
Verb
lobby (third-person singular simple present lobbies, present participle lobbying, simple past and past participle lobbied)
- (intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.
For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.
- 2002, Jim Hightower, in Wikiquote
- The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
- 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
- Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Yeah, it's not a big deal. I lobbied for fuel-cell technology on Capitol Hill. I'm friends with Sandy Bullock, really good friends. Who cares? It's not a pissing contest, right, J?
2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 45:"We're still at only 80% [of pre-pandemic passenger numbers], but it's great news that Southeastern put some more trains in the timetable from December," Perry explains. "We worked very closely with Southeastern to lobby government and stakeholders to increase the timetable.
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Translations
Etymology 2
Shortened from lobscouse.
Noun
lobby (uncountable)
- (West Midlands) lobscouse
My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.
Further reading
- “lobby”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “lobby”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “lobby”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English lobby.
Pronunciation
Noun
lobby m (plural lobbies)
- lobby (hall)
- lobby (advocacy group)
- Synonym: groupe de pression
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English lobby.
Pronunciation
Noun
lobby f (invariable)
- lobby (group of people; hall of a bank)
Derived terms
Further reading
- lobby in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English lobby. Doublet of lodżia, loggia, and loża.
Pronunciation
Noun
lobby n (indeclinable)
- (politics) lobby (group of people who try to lobby)
Derived terms
Further reading
- lobby in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lobby in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English lobby.
Pronunciation
Noun
lobby m (plural lobbies)
- Alternative spelling of lóbi
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English lobby.
Noun
lobby n (uncountable)
- lobby
Declension
declension of lobby (singular only)
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indefinite articulation
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nominative/accusative
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(un) lobby
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lobbyul
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genitive/dative
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(unui) lobby
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lobbyului
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vocative
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lobbyule
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Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English lobby. Doublet of lonja.
Pronunciation
Noun
lobby m (plural lobbies)
- lobby (group of people who try to influence public officials)
- Synonyms: grupo de presión, (Latin America) grupo de cabildeo
- lobby (entryway or reception area)
- Synonym: vestíbulo
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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References
- ^ RAEinforma (10 June 2013), “@RuvnJS #RAEconsultas Puesto que se trata de un extranjerismo crudo (no adaptado), debe usarse el plural inglés: lobbies (en cursiva).”, in Twitter (in Spanish), retrieved 6 January 2024
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Swedish
Noun
lobby c
- a lobby (entryway or reception area)
- (politics) a lobby
Declension
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