salon

See also: saloon, Salon, salón, ŝalon, and sal-on

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”). Doublet of saloon.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: IPA^(key): /ˈsælɒn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈlɒn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒn

Noun

A 17th century salon

salon (plural salons)

1. A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.

   Synonyms: hall, lounge, parlor, guest room

2. A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting.

   Synonyms: circle, cenacle

3. (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.

4. A beauty salon or similar establishment.

Derived terms

• beauty salon
• bridal salon
• hairdressing salon
• hair salon
• literary salon
• pink salon
• salon music
• tanning salon

 

Related terms

• salonnière

 

Translations

large room

• Albanian: sallë (sq) f, sallon (sq) m
• Arabic: صَالُون m (ṣālūn), صَالَة f (ṣāla), قَاعَة f (qāʕa)
• Armenian: սրահ (hy) (srah)
• Belarusian: сало́н m (salón), зал m (zal)
• Bulgarian: сало́н (bg) m (salón), за́ла (bg) f (zála)
• Catalan: saló (ca) m, sala (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙龍 / 沙龙 (zh) (shālóng), 大廳 / 大厅 (zh) (dàtīng)

• Dutch: zaal (nl) m
• Finnish: salonki (fi), seurusteluhuone (fi)
• French: salon (fr) m
• Georgian: სალონი (saloni), დარბაზი (ka) (darbazi), სასტუმრო ოთახი (sasṭumro otaxi), ზალა (ka) (zala) (colloquial)
• German: Salon (de) m, Halle (de) f, Saal (de) m
• Greek: σαλόνι (el) n (salóni)
• Hebrew: סלון (he) m (salón)
• Hindi: सैलून (sailūn), सलोन (salon)
• Hungarian: szalon (hu)
• Italian: salone (it) m, sala (it) f
• Japanese: サロン (ja) (saron)
• Korean: 살롱 (sallong)
• Occitan: selon (oc)
• Persian: سالن (fa) (sâlon), تالار (fa) (tâlâr)
• Polish: salon (pl) m, sala (pl) f
• Portuguese: salão (pt) m
• Russian: сало́н (ru) m (salón), гости́ная (ru) f (gostínaja), зал (ru) m (zal)
• Spanish: salón (es) m, sala (es) f
• Swedish: salong (sv)
• Tajik: зал (zal), толор (tg) (tolor)
• Turkish: salon (tr), odalak
• Ukrainian: сало́н (uk) m (salón), зал m (zal)

gathering of people

• Catalan: tertúlia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 會議 / 会议 (zh) (huìyì)

• Finnish: seura (fi)
• Hungarian: szalon (hu)
• Italian: salotto (it) m
• Swedish: salong (sv)

art gallery

• Bulgarian: галерия (bg) f (galerija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美術館 / 美术馆 (zh) (měishùguǎn)

• Finnish: galleria (fi), taidegalleria (fi), salonki (fi)
• Hungarian: szalon (hu)
• Italian: galleria (it) f
• Portuguese: galeria (pt) f
• Romanian: galerie (ro) f
• Swedish: salong (sv)

beauty salon

• Bulgarian: салон (bg) m (salon)
• Catalan: saló de bellesa m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙龍 / 沙龙 (zh) (shālóng)

• Finnish: kauneussalonki (fi), kauneushoitola (fi)
• French: salon de coiffure (fr) m, salon de beauté (fr) m, institut de beauté (fr)
• Georgian: სილამაზის სალონი (silamazis saloni)
• German: Schönheitssalon m
• Hungarian: szalon (hu)
• Indonesian: salon (id)
• Italian: salone (it) m
• Polish: salon (pl) m
• Portuguese: salão de beleza (pt) m
• Swahili: saluni (sw)
• Swedish: salong (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} salle (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Saal (de) m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} sala (it) f
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 사랑 (ko) (sarang)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} sal (no) m
• Old High German: ^{(please verify)} sal m

See also

• cabinet

 

Anagrams

• loans, Nosal, Alons, Sơn La, lonas, Sloan, Solan, solan, Nolas, Lonas

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈlon/ [saˈl̪on̪]
• Hyphenation: sa‧lon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish salón.

Noun

salón (Basahan spelling ᜐᜎᜓᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. a ballroom; a large room used for dancing and banquets
2. a cabaret

   Synonym: kabaret

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English salon.

Noun

salón (Basahan spelling ᜐᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. a beauty salon

   Synonyms: pabulogan, patusaran, paguntingan, pagupitan

See also

• barberiya

 

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧lon

Etymology 1

From Spanish salón.

Noun

salon

1. (obsolete) a ballroom; a large room used for dancing and banquets

Etymology 2

From English salon.

Noun

salon

1. a beauty salon

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French salon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːˈlɔn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: sa‧lon
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

salon m or n (plural salons, diminutive salonnetje n)

1. salon, room for receiving guests
2. 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

Related terms

• salet
• zaal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: salon
• → Indonesian: salon
• → Papiamentu: salòn

Esperanto

Noun

salon

1. accusative singular of salo

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

salon

1. genitive singular of salo

Etymology 2

Noun

salon

1. genitive singular of salko

Anagrams

• solan

French

Etymology

Inherited 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/

• Audio:

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Noun

salon m (plural salons)

1. living room
2. salon
3. show (exhibition of items), exhibition (large-scale public showing of objects or products)

Derived terms

• salon de beauté
• salon de coiffure
• salon de thé
• Salon des Refusés

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: صالون
• → Catalan: saló
• → Dutch: salon
  • Afrikaans: salon
  • → Indonesian: salon
  • → Papiamentu: salòn
• → English: salon
• → English: saloon
  • → Finnish: saluuna
  • → French: saloon
  • → Russian: салун (salun)
  • → Bengali: সেলুন (śelun)
  • → Hindi: सैलून (sailūn)
• → Estonian: salong
• → Hebrew: סלון (salón)
• → German: Salon
  • → Hungarian: szalon
• → Norwegian Bokmål: salong
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: salong
• → Polish: salon
• → Romansch: salun
• → Serbo-Croatian: sàlōn, са̀ло̄н
• → Swedish: salong
  • → Finnish: salonki
• → Persian: سالن (sâlon)
• → Turkish: salon

Further reading

• “salon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch salon, from French salon, 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsalɔn]
• Rhymes: -lɔn, -ɔn, -n
• Hyphenation: sa‧lon

Noun

salon

1. salon,
   1. A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
   2. A beauty salon or similar establishment.

Further reading

• “salon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈlon/

Noun

salon (plural salones)

1. sitting room, living room

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

salon m (plural salons)

1. (Jersey) drawing room

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French salon, 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”). Possibly a doublet of sioło.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.lɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alɔn
• Syllabification: sa‧lon

Noun

salon m inan (diminutive salonik)

1. living room

   Synonyms: (archaic) bawialka, (archaic) bawialnia

2. any large room
3. service point, shop, store, parlor (used especially for shops in a shopping center)

   Synonym: studio

4. exhibition, show
5. (derogatory, politics, singular only) ruling class, the elite, the establishment

Declension

Declension of salon

	singular	plural
nominative	salon	salony
genitive	salonu	salonów
dative	salonowi	salonom
accusative	salon	salony
instrumental	salonem	salonami
locative	salonie	salonach
vocative	salonie	salony

Derived terms

adjective

• salonowy

 

nouns

• salon gry
• salon piękności
• salonka

 

Related terms

adverb

• salonowo

 

nouns

• salonowiec
• salonowość

 

Further reading

• salon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• salon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French salon.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

salon n (plural saloane)

1. living room
2. salon

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	salon	salonul		saloane	saloanele
genitive-dative	salon	salonului		saloane	saloanelor
vocative	salonule			saloanelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French salon, from Italian salone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǎloːn/
• Hyphenation: sa‧lon

Noun

sàlōn m (Cyrillic spelling са̀ло̄н)

1. living room
2. parlor (room for lounging)
3. gallery (institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art)
4. gallery (establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art)
5. shop (hairdresser, tailor, massage etc.)

   frizerski salon ― barbershop

   krojački salon ― tailor shop

Declension

Declension of salon

	singular	plural
nominative	sàlōn	saloni
genitive	salóna	salona
dative	salonu	salonima
accusative	salon	salone
vocative	salone	saloni
locative	salonu	salonima
instrumental	salonom	salonima

References

• “salon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صالون (salon), from French salon.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧lon

Noun

salon (definite accusative salonu, plural salonlar)

1. living room
2. shop, store

Declension

Inflection
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
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular salonum salonlarım 2nd singular salonun salonların 3rd singular salonu salonları 1st plural salonumuz salonlarımız 2nd plural salonunuz salonlarınız 3rd plural salonları salonları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular salonumu salonlarımı 2nd singular salonunu salonlarını 3rd singular salonunu salonlarını 1st plural salonumuzu salonlarımızı 2nd plural salonunuzu salonlarınızı 3rd plural salonlarını salonlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular salonuma salonlarıma 2nd singular salonuna salonlarına 3rd singular salonuna salonlarına 1st plural salonumuza salonlarımıza 2nd plural salonunuza salonlarınıza 3rd plural salonlarına salonlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular salonumda salonlarımda 2nd singular salonunda salonlarında 3rd singular salonunda salonlarında 1st plural salonumuzda salonlarımızda 2nd plural salonunuzda salonlarınızda 3rd plural salonlarında salonlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular salonumdan salonlarımdan 2nd singular salonundan salonlarından 3rd singular salonundan salonlarından 1st plural salonumuzdan salonlarımızdan 2nd plural salonunuzdan salonlarınızdan 3rd plural salonlarından salonlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular salonumun salonlarımın 2nd singular salonunun salonlarının 3rd singular salonunun salonlarının 1st plural salonumuzun salonlarımızın 2nd plural salonunuzun salonlarınızın 3rd plural salonlarının salonlarının

Synonyms

• (living room): oturma odası

Derived terms

• (shop): güzellik salonu

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صالون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 751
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “salon”, in Nişanyan Sözlük