What does "salon" mean?
A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
Salon
/ˈsælɒn/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
- Grammar: salon is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: beauty parlor, affair, age group, art gallery.
- Useful contrasts: exterior area, outdoor space, private viewing.
- Usage evidence: She goes to the beauty salon at least once a week.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
- 2 elegant sitting room where guests are received wordnet
- 3 A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting.
- 4 gallery where works of art can be displayed wordnet
- 5 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."
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- 6 a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work wordnet
- 7 A beauty salon or similar establishment.
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
exterior areaoutdoor spaceprivate viewing
Example
"She goes to the beauty salon at least once a week."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "salon"?
Common synonyms include: beauty parlor, affair, age group, art gallery, at home, ballrooms.
How do you use "salon" in a sentence?
She goes to the beauty salon at least once a week.
How do you pronounce "salon"?
Pronounced /ˈsælɒn/.
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.