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salon
- /ˈsælɒn/ UK
- /səˈlɑn/ Canada, US
- /səˈlɔn/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɒn
Where it comes from
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.
noun salons
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A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
Similar: hall, lounge, parlor, guest room
- A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting.
- 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.
- A beauty salon or similar establishment.
Translations
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noun large room
| Español | salón, sala |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 살롱 sallong |
| 日本語 | サロン saron |
| 中文 | 沙龍 /沙龙 shālóng, 大廳 /大厅 dàtīng |
| हिन्दी | सैलून sailūn, सलोन salon |
| Português | salão |
| Français | salon |
| Deutsch | Salon, Halle, Saal |
| Italiano | salone, sala |
| Ελληνικά | σαλόνι salóni |
| Русский | сало́н salón, гости́ная gostínaja, зал zal, за́ла zála |
| العربية | صَالُون ṣālūn, صَالَة ṣāla, قَاعَة qāʕa |
| עברית | סלון salón |
noun art gallery
| 中文 | 美術館 /美术馆 měishùguǎn |
|---|---|
| Português | galeria |
| Italiano | galleria |
| Română | galerie |
| Русский | галере́я galeréja |
noun beauty salon
| 中文 | 沙龍 /沙龙 shālóng |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | saluni |
| Português | salão de beleza |
| Français | salon de coiffure, salon de beauté, institut de beauté |
| Deutsch | Schönheitssalon |
| Italiano | salone |
Talk about this word "salon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/salon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. salon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/salon "salon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/salon.Cite this
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title = {salon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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