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saloon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Occitan salon, French salon, either augmentative of salle (“room”), or borrowed from Italian salone (“hall”), augmentative form of sala, salla (“room”); in both cases borrowed from a Germanic source such as Old High German sal (“house, hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“dwelling”). Doublet of salon.

Meanings

  1. (US) A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
    • Near-synonyms: pub; see also Thesaurus:pub
  2. (UK, dated) A lounge bar in an English public house, contrasted with the public bar.
    • A pint of beer in the saloon bar costs a penny more than in the public bar.
  3. (UK) A car with a boot or trunk compartment separate from the driver/passenger space and with seating and doors for more than two people.
    • The black Peugeot which stood there might indeed have been the saloon they had seen, but it might equally have been one of a million others on the French roads. 1953, Ian Fleming, “Black Patch”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 177:
  4. The cabin area of a boat or yacht devoted to seated relaxation, often combined with dining table.
  5. the part of a rail carriage or multiple unit containing seating for passengers.
  6. (alt-of, dated) Dated form of salon (“living room in a house”).
    alt of salon
  7. (India, Nigeria) A barbershop (store offering haircuts).

Forms

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Coordinates

wagon · sport utility vehicle · minivan · coupe · station sedan · estate · MPV · people carrier · SUV · XUV · estate car · CUV · station wagon

Deriveds

special saloon · last chance saloon · saloon keeper · saloonist · saloonkeeper · saloonless · saloonlike · antisaloon · saloonatic · saloonkeeping · oyster saloon

Descendants

saloon · সেলুন · saloon · सैलून · saluuna · салун

Hypernyms

vehicle · automobile · motor vehicle · auto · car

Relateds

salon

Synonyms

drinkery · tavern · gargle-factory · pub · rummery · bousing ken · local · public house · sedan · nineteenth hole · pub · groggery · gin joint · boozing ken · saloon · drinker · pot-house · boozer · alehouse · watering hole

Translations (20)

pl szynk (tavern) · ru салу́н (tavern) · ru бар (tavern) · cy salŵn (a large public room for use as a lounge on a ship) · bg кръчма (tavern) · la taberna (tavern) · fr saloon (tavern) · pl wygodna sala w barze (lounge bar) · pl bar (tavern) · pl wygodna sala na statku (a large public room for use as a lounge on a ship) · fi saluuna (tavern) · ru таве́рна (tavern) · pdt Schenkj (tavern) · bg обща зала (a large public room for use as a lounge on a ship) · la caupōna (tavern) · bg бар (tavern) · la canaba (tavern) · es taberna (tavern) · mi haranu (a large public room for use as a lounge on a ship) · es tasca (tavern)

wikidata: Q190578