English Explanatory Dictionary

saloon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
  2. A lounge bar in an English public house, contrasted with the public bar.
  3. A car with a boot or trunk compartment separate from the driver/passenger space and with seating and doors for more than two people.
  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. Dated form of salon (“living room in a house”).
  7. A barbershop (store offering haircuts).

Pronunciation

/səˈlun/ en-us-saloon.ogg

Word forms

saloon saloons

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.

Synonyms

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

Related words

salon

Derived words

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

Translations

Bulgarian: обща зала Māori: haranu Polish: wygodna sala na statku Welsh: salŵn
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