salon

See also salón, Salon, and saloon

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French salon (“reception room”), from Middle French, from Italian salone (“large hall”), augmented form of Italian sala (“hall”), from Lombardic sala (“room, house, entrance hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salan (“dwelling, house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”). Cognate with Old High German sal (“room, house, entrance hall”), Old English sæl (“room, hall, castle”), Old Church Slavonic селó (seló, “courtyard, village”), Lithuanian sala (“village”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈlɒn/, /ˈsælɒn/

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Noun

A 17th century salon

salon (plural salons)

1. a large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests
2. a gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting
3. an art gallery
4. a beauty salon or similar establishment

Synonyms

• hall
• lounge
• parlor
• guest room

Translations

large room

Arabic: صالون (ar) (Saaluun) m. Armenian: սրահ (hy) (srah) Chinese: Mandarin: 沙龍 (cmn), 沙龙 (cmn) (shālóng) Finnish: salonki, seurusteluhuone French: salon (fr) m. German: Salon (de) m. Greek: σαλόνι (el) (salóni) n. Hindi: सैलून (hi) (sailūn), सलोन (hi) (salon)

Hungarian: szalon (hu) Italian: salone (it) m. Japanese: サロン (ja) (saron) Korean: 살롱 (ko) (sallong) Persian: سالن (fa) (sâlon) Polish: salon (pl) m. Russian: салон (ru) (salón) m., гостиная (ru) (gostínaja) f. Spanish: salón (es) m.

gathering of people

Chinese: Mandarin: 會議 (cmn), 会议 (cmn) (huìyì)

Finnish: seura (fi) Hungarian: szalon (hu)

art gallery

Chinese: Mandarin: 美術館 (cmn), 美术馆 (cmn) (měishùguǎn) Finnish: galleria (fi), taidegalleria (fi), salonki (fi)

Hungarian: szalon (hu) Italian: galleria (it) f.

beauty salon

Chinese: Mandarin: 沙龍 (cmn), 沙龙 (cmn) (shālóng) Finnish: kauneussalonki (fi), kauneushoitola (fi)

French: salon de coiffure (fr) m., salon de beauté (fr) m., institut de beauté (fr) Hungarian: szalon (hu) Polish: salon (pl) m.

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French: salon m., salle f. German: Saal m. Italian: salone m., sala f. Korean: 사랑 (sarang) Norwegian: sal m.

Old High German: sal m. Spanish: salón m., sala f. Swedish: sal m.

See also

• cabinet

Anagrams

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Esperanto

Noun

salon

1. accusative singular of salo

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

salon

1. Genitive singular form of salo.

Etymology 2

Noun

salon

1. Genitive singular form of salko.

Anagrams

• solan

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Italian salone (“large hall”), augmented form of Italian sala (“hall”), from Lombardic sala (“room, house, entrance hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salan (“dwelling, house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”). Cognate with Old High German sal (“room, house, entrance hall”), Old English sæl (“room, hall, castle”), Old Church Slavonic селó (seló, “courtyard, village”), Lithuanian sala (“village”).

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Noun

salon m. (plural salons)

1. living room
2. salon

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA: /saˈlon/

Noun

salon (plural salones)

1. sitting room, living room