salon

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See also: saloon, Salon, salón, ŝalon, and sal-on

English

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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). Doublet of saloon.

Pronunciation

Noun

A 17th century salon

salon (plural salons)

  1. A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
    Synonyms: hall, lounge, parlor, guest room
  2. A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting.
    Synonyms: circle, cenacle
  3. (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.
  4. A beauty salon or similar establishment.

Derived terms

Translations

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Anagrams

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈlon/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish salón.

Noun

salón (Basahan spelling ᜐᜎᜓᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. a ballroom; a large room used for dancing and banquets
  2. a cabaret
    Synonym: kabaret

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English salon.

Noun

salón (Basahan spelling ᜐᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. a beauty salon
    Synonyms: pabulogan, patusaran, paguntingan, pagupitan

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧lon

Etymology 1

From Spanish salón.

Noun

salon

  1. (obsolete) a ballroom; a large room used for dancing and banquets

Etymology 2

From English salon.

Noun

salon

  1. a beauty salon

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French salon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saːˈlɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lon
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

salon m or n (plural salons, diminutive salonnetje n)

  1. salon, room for receiving guests
  2. pub, café or restaurant (often posh or trendy, or in a French context)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: salon
  • Indonesian: salon
  • Papiamentu: salòn

Esperanto

Noun

salon

  1. accusative singular of salo

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

salon

  1. genitive singular of salo

Etymology 2

Noun

salon

  1. genitive singular of salko

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited 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)

  1. living room
  2. salon
  3. show (exhibition of items), exhibition (large-scale public showing of objects or products)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch salon, from French salon, 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).

Pronunciation

Noun

salon

  1. salon,
    1. A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
    2. A beauty salon or similar establishment.

Further reading

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Noun

salon (plural salones)

  1. sitting room, living room

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

salon m (plural salons)

  1. (Jersey) drawing room

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French salon, 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). Possibly a doublet of sioło.

Pronunciation

Noun

salon m inan (diminutive salonik)

  1. living room
    Synonyms: (archaic) bawialka, (archaic) bawialnia
  2. any large room
  3. service point, shop, store, parlor (used especially for shops in a shopping center)
    Synonym: studio
  4. exhibition, show
  5. (derogatory, politics, singular only) ruling class, the elite, the establishment

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
adverb
nouns

Further reading

  • salon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • salon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French salon.

Pronunciation

Noun

salon n (plural saloane)

  1. living room
  2. salon

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative salon salonul saloane saloanele
genitive-dative salon salonului saloane saloanelor
vocative salonule saloanelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French salon, from Italian salone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sǎloːn/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lon

Noun

sàlōn m (Cyrillic spelling са̀ло̄н)

  1. living room
  2. parlor (room for lounging)
  3. gallery (institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art)
  4. gallery (establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art)
  5. shop (hairdresser, tailor, massage etc.)
    frizerski salonbarbershop
    krojački salontailor shop

Declension

References

  • salon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صالون (salon), from French salon.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧lon

Noun

salon (definite accusative salonu, plural salonlar)

  1. living room
  2. shop, store

Declension

Inflection
Nominative salon
Definite accusative salonu
Singular Plural
Nominative salon salonlar
Definite accusative salonu salonları
Dative salona salonlara
Locative salonda salonlarda
Ablative salondan salonlardan
Genitive salonun salonların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular salonum salonlarım
2nd singular salonun salonların
3rd singular salonu salonları
1st plural salonumuz salonlarımız
2nd plural salonunuz salonlarınız
3rd plural salonları salonları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular salonumu salonlarımı
2nd singular salonunu salonlarını
3rd singular salonunu salonlarını
1st plural salonumuzu salonlarımızı
2nd plural salonunuzu salonlarınızı
3rd plural salonlarını salonlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular salonuma salonlarıma
2nd singular salonuna salonlarına
3rd singular salonuna salonlarına
1st plural salonumuza salonlarımıza
2nd plural salonunuza salonlarınıza
3rd plural salonlarına salonlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular salonumda salonlarımda
2nd singular salonunda salonlarında
3rd singular salonunda salonlarında
1st plural salonumuzda salonlarımızda
2nd plural salonunuzda salonlarınızda
3rd plural salonlarında salonlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular salonumdan salonlarımdan
2nd singular salonundan salonlarından
3rd singular salonundan salonlarından
1st plural salonumuzdan salonlarımızdan
2nd plural salonunuzdan salonlarınızdan
3rd plural salonlarından salonlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular salonumun salonlarımın
2nd singular salonunun salonlarının
3rd singular salonunun salonlarının
1st plural salonumuzun salonlarımızın
2nd plural salonunuzun salonlarınızın
3rd plural salonlarının salonlarının

Synonyms

Derived terms

References