English Explanatory Dictionary

salon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  4. A beauty salon or similar establishment.

Pronunciation

/ˈsælɒn/ /səˈlɑn/ En-us-salon.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-salon.wav /səˈlɔn/

Word forms

salon salons

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.

Synonyms

hall lounge parlor guest room circle cenacle

Related words

salonnière cabinet

Derived words

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