salon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French salon (“reception room”), from Middle French, from Italian salone (“large hall”), augmented form of sala (“hall”), from Lombardic sala (“room, house, entrance hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą (“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 село (selo, “courtyard, village”), Lithuanian sala (“island”).
Pronunciation
Noun
salon (plural salons)
- A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
- Synonyms: hall, lounge, parlor, guest room
- A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting.
- (art) An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon.
- 1933, Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas:
- Matisse showed in every autumn salon and every independent. He was beginning to have a considerable following. Picasso, on the contrary, never in all his life has shown in any salon. His pictures at that time could really only be seen at 27 rue de Fleurus.
- A beauty salon or similar establishment.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧lon
Etymology 1
Noun
salon
Etymology 2
From English salon, borrowed from French salon (“reception room”), from Middle French, from Italian salone (“large hall”), augmented form of sala (“hall”), from Lombardic sala (“room, house, entrance hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą (“dwelling, house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”).
Noun
salon
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
salon m or n (plural salons, diminutive salonnetje n)
- salon, room for receiving guests
- pub, café or restaurant (often posh or trendy, or in a French context)
Derived terms
- haarsalon
- ijssalon
- kapsalon
- koffiesalon
- nagelsalon
- salonblad
- salonpopulist
- salonsocialisme
- salonsocialist
- salonsocialistisch
- salonstuk
- salontafel
- schoonheidssalon
- theesalon
Related terms
Esperanto
Noun
salon
- accusative singular of salo
Finnish
Etymology 1
Noun
salon
Etymology 2
Noun
salon
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Italian salone (“large hall”), augmented form of sala (“hall”), from Lombardic sala (“room, house, entrance hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą (“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 село (selo, “courtyard, village”), Lithuanian sala (“island”).
Pronunciation
Noun
salon m (plural salons)
- living room
- salon
- show (exhibition of items), exhibition (large-scale public showing of objects or products)
Descendants
- → English: salon
- → Dutch: salon
- → German: Salon (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian: sàlōn, са̀ло̄н
- → Turkish: salon
Further reading
- “salon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
Pronunciation
Noun
salon (plural salones)
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
salon m (plural salons)
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
salon m inan
- living room
- any large room
- service point; shop; store; parlor; used especially for shops in a shopping center
- exhibition; show
- (derogatory, singular only) ruling class; elite; the establishment
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French salon, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian salone.
Pronunciation
Noun
sàlōn m (Cyrillic spelling са̀ло̄н)
- living room
- parlor (room for lounging)
- gallery (institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art)
- gallery (establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art)
- shop (hairdresser, tailor, massage etc.)
- frizerski salon ― barbershop
- krojački salon ― tailor shop
Declension
References
- “salon” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧lon
Noun
salon (definite accusative salonu, plural salonlar)
Declension
Synonyms
- (lving room): oturma odası
Derived terms
- (shop): güzellik salonu
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- ia:Rooms
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- Jersey Norman
- nrf:Rooms
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- pl:Politics
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- tr:Rooms