English Online Dictionary. What means salon? What does salon mean?
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”). Doublet of saloon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈlɒn/, /ˈsælɒn/
- Rhymes: -ɒn
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.
- Synonyms: circle, cenacle
- (art) An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon.
- A beauty salon or similar establishment.
Derived terms
- beauty salon
- bridal salon
- hairdressing salon
- hair salon
- pink salon
- literary salon
- tanning salon
Related terms
- salonnière
Translations
See also
- cabinet
Anagrams
- Nolas, Nosal, Sloan, Solan, Sơn La, loans, lonas, solan
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈlon/, [saˈl̪on̪]
- Hyphenation: sa‧lon
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish salón.
Noun
salón
- (obsolete) a ballroom; a large room used for dancing and banquets
- (obsolete) a cabaret
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English salon.
Noun
salón
- a beauty salon
- Synonyms: pabulogan, patusaran, paguntingan, pagupitan
See also
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧lon
Etymology 1
From Spanish salón.
Noun
salon
- (obsolete) a ballroom; a large room used for dancing and banquets
Etymology 2
From English salon.
Noun
salon
- a beauty salon
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French salon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saːˈlɔn/
- Hyphenation: sa‧lon
- Rhymes: -ɔn
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
- salet
- zaal
Descendants
- Afrikaans: salon
- → Indonesian: salon
- → Papiamentu: salòn
Esperanto
Noun
salon
- accusative singular of salo
Finnish
Etymology 1
Noun
salon
- genitive singular of salo
Etymology 2
Noun
salon
- genitive singular of salko
Anagrams
- solan
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
- IPA(key): /sa.lɔ̃/
Noun
salon m (plural salons)
- living room
- salon
- show (exhibition of items), exhibition (large-scale public showing of objects or products)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “salon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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
- IPA(key): [ˈsalɔn]
- Hyphenation: sa‧lon
Noun
salon (first-person possessive salonku, second-person possessive salonmu, third-person possessive salonnya)
- salon,
- A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
- A beauty salon or similar establishment.
Further reading
- “salon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈlon/
Noun
salon (plural salones)
- sitting room, living room
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
salon m (plural salons)
- (Jersey) drawing room
Polish
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
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.lɔn/
- Rhymes: -alɔn
- Syllabification: sa‧lon
Noun
salon m inan (diminutive salonik)
- living room
- Synonyms: (archaic) bawialka, (archaic) bawialnia
- any large room
- service point, shop, store, parlor (used especially for shops in a shopping center)
- Synonym: studio
- exhibition, show
- (derogatory, politics, singular only) ruling class, the elite, the establishment
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- salon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- salon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French salon.
Noun
salon n (plural saloane)
- living room
- salon
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From French salon, from Italian salone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sǎloːn/
- Hyphenation: sa‧lon
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
From Ottoman Turkish صالون (salon), from French salon.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧lon
Noun
salon (definite accusative salonu, plural salonlar)
- living room
- shop, store
Declension
Synonyms
- (living room): oturma odası
Derived terms
- (shop): güzellik salonu
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “صالون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 751
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “salon”, in Nişanyan Sözlük