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
- IPA(key): /səˈlɒn/, /ˈsælɒn/
Audio (US) (file)
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.
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- A beauty salon or similar establishment.
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧lon
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”).
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saːˈlɔn/
Audio (file) - 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
Esperanto
Finnish
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
- IPA(key): /sa.lɔ̃/
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Noun
salon m (plural salons)
- living room
- salon
- show (exhibition of items), exhibition (large-scale public showing of objects or products)
Further reading
- “salon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsa.lɔn/
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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
Serbo-Croatian
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
Turkish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧lon
Declension
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (lving room): oturma odası
Derived terms
- (shop): güzellik salonu