transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈves-tə-ˌbyül ]
noun
Etymology: Latin vestibulum forecourt
Date: 1726
1.
a. : a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : lobby
b. : an enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car
2. : any of various bodily cavities especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to some other cavity or space: as
a. : the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear or the parts (as the saccule and utricle) of the membranous labyrinth that it contains
b. : the part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice
c. : the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra
d. : the part of the mouth cavity outside the teeth and gums
3. : a course that offers access (as to something new)
• ves·ti·buled -ˌbyüld adjective