Dictionary

salon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /səˈlɑn/ (Canada, General-American)
• (California) audio
• /səˈlɔn/ (Australia)
• /ˈsælɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (New-Jersey) audio

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.

Meanings

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 or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon.
   • 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. 1933, Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas:
4. A beauty salon or similar establishment.

Forms

Deriveds

pink salon · bridal salon · salonful · cybersalon · hairdressing salon · hair salon · beauty salon · tanning salon · salonlike · literary salon · nail salon · salon music · salonical

Relateds

salonnière · cabinet

Synonyms

circle · cenacle · parlor · lounge · guest room · hall

Translations (90)

uk зал (large room) · pl sala (large room) · fi kauneussalonki (beauty salon) · tg зал (large room) · bg гале́рия (art gallery) · be зал (large room) · pl salon (beauty salon) · be салён (large room) · cmn 沙龍 /沙龙 (large room) · he סלון (large room) · hy սրահ (large room) · ca saló de bellesa (beauty salon) · it sala (large room) · tr salon (large room) · sv salong (art gallery) · cmn 沙龍 /沙龙 (beauty salon) · sv salong (large room) · ka სასტუმრო ოთახი (large room) · cmn 大廳 /大厅 (large room) · fi seurusteluhuone (large room) · fa-ira سالُن (large room) · ru за́ла (large room) · fi salonki (art gallery) · ru зал (large room) · bg сало́н (large room) · hu szalon (art gallery) · tr odalak (large room) · es sala (large room) · ar قَاعَة (large room) · fr salon de coiffure (beauty salon) · sq sallë (large room) · be сало́н (large room) · ka დარბაზი (large room) · ka სალონი (large room) · de Saal (large room) · ar صَالَة (large room) · fi seura (gathering of people) · nl zaal (large room) · hi सैलून (large room) · ja サロン (large room) · it salone (large room) · sq sallon (large room) · ka სილამაზის სალონი (beauty salon) · fr salon (large room) · pt salão (large room) · el σαλόνι (large room) · ro galerie (art gallery) · fi galleria (art gallery) · cmn 美術館 /美术馆 (art gallery) · hu szalon (large room) · ru сало́н (large room) · pt salão de beleza (beauty salon) · fi taidegalleria (art gallery) · es salón (large room) · fi salonki (large room) · sv salong (beauty salon) · it salotto (gathering of people) · ca tertúlia (gathering of people) · fi kauneushoitola (beauty salon) · ca saló (large room) · pt galeria (art gallery) · oc selon (large room) · de Halle (large room) · de Schönheitssalon (beauty salon) · be галерэ́я (art gallery) · bg сало́н (beauty salon) · hu szalon (gathering of people) · pl salon (large room) · fr salon de beauté (beauty salon) · fr institut de beauté (beauty salon) · it salone (beauty salon) · ar صَالُون (large room) · hi सलोन (large room) · id salon (beauty salon) · sv salong (gathering of people) · fa-ira تالار (large room) · uk сало́н (large room) · cmn 會議 /会议 (gathering of people) · ca sala (large room) · it galleria (art gallery) · tg толор (large room) · de Salon (large room) · uk галере́я (art gallery) · hu szalon (beauty salon) · ko 살롱 (large room) · bg за́ла (large room) · ka ზალა (large room) · ru гости́ная (large room) · sw saluni (beauty salon) · ru галере́я (art gallery)