noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsælɒn/
Canada, General-American:/səˈlɑn/
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Australian:/səˈlɔn/
rhymes with -ɒn
CMU ARPABET:S AH0 L AA1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hall, lounge, parlor, guest room
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: circle, cenacle
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: art, arts
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A beauty salon or similar establishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
elegant sitting room where guests are received
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: living room, living-room, sitting room, front room, parlor, parlour
6
noun
Meaning 6
gallery where works of art can be displayed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gallery, art gallery, picture gallery
7
noun
Meaning 7
a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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.
Across languages
Translations
90 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
sallë
— large room
Albanian:
sallon
— large room
Arabic:
صَالُون
(ṣālūn)
— large room
Arabic:
صَالَة
(ṣāla)
— large room
Arabic:
قَاعَة
(qāʕa)
— large room
Armenian:
սրահ
(srah)
— large room
Belarusian:
сало́н
(salón)
— large room
Belarusian:
салён
(saljón)
— large room
Belarusian:
зал
(zal)
— large room
Bulgarian:
сало́н
(salón)
— large room
Bulgarian:
за́ла
(zála)
— large room
Catalan:
saló
— large room
Catalan:
sala
— large room
Chinese Mandarin:
沙龍 /沙龙
(shālóng)
— large room
Chinese Mandarin:
大廳 /大厅
(dàtīng)
— large room
Dutch:
zaal
— large room
Finnish:
salonki
— large room
Finnish:
seurusteluhuone
— large room
French:
salon
— large room
Georgian:
სალონი
(saloni)
— large room
Georgian:
დარბაზი
(darbazi)
— large room
Georgian:
სასტუმრო ოთახი
(sasṭumro otaxi)
— large room
Georgian:
ზალა
(zala)
— large room
German:
Salon
— large room
German:
Halle
— large room
German:
Saal
— large room
Greek:
σαλόνι
(salóni)
— large room
Hebrew:
סלון
(salón)
— large room
Hindi:
सैलून
(sailūn)
— large room
Hindi:
सलोन
(salon)
— large room
Hungarian:
szalon
— large room
Italian:
salone
— large room
Italian:
sala
— large room
Japanese:
サロン
(saron)
— large room
Korean:
살롱
(sallong)
— large room
Occitan:
selon
— large room
Iranian Persian:
سالُن
(sâlon)
— large room
Iranian Persian:
تالار
(tâlâr)
— large room
Polish:
salon
— large room
Polish:
sala
— large room
Portuguese:
salão
— large room
Russian:
сало́н
(salón)
— large room
Russian:
гости́ная
(gostínaja)
— large room
Russian:
зал
(zal)
— large room
Russian:
за́ла
(zála)
— large room
Spanish:
salón
— large room
Spanish:
sala
— large room
Swedish:
salong
— large room
Tajik:
зал
(zal)
— large room
Tajik:
толор
(tolor)
— large room
Turkish:
salon
— large room
Turkish:
odalak
— large room
Ukrainian:
сало́н
(salón)
— large room
Ukrainian:
зал
(zal)
— large room
Catalan:
tertúlia
— gathering of people
Chinese Mandarin:
會議 /会议
(huìyì)
— gathering of people
Finnish:
seura
— gathering of people
Hungarian:
szalon
— gathering of people
Italian:
salotto
— gathering of people
Swedish:
salong
— gathering of people
Belarusian:
галерэ́я
(haljeréja)
— art gallery
Bulgarian:
гале́рия
(galérija)
— art gallery
Chinese Mandarin:
美術館 /美术馆
(měishùguǎn)
— art gallery
Finnish:
galleria
— art gallery
Finnish:
taidegalleria
— art gallery
Finnish:
salonki
— art gallery
Hungarian:
szalon
— art gallery
Italian:
galleria
— art gallery
Portuguese:
galeria
— art gallery
Romanian:
galerie
— art gallery
Russian:
галере́я
(galeréja)
— art gallery
Swedish:
salong
— art gallery
Ukrainian:
галере́я
(haleréja)
— art gallery
Bulgarian:
сало́н
(salón)
— beauty salon
Catalan:
saló de bellesa
— beauty salon
Chinese Mandarin:
沙龍 /沙龙
(shālóng)
— beauty salon
Finnish:
kauneussalonki
— beauty salon
Finnish:
kauneushoitola
— beauty salon
French:
salon de coiffure
— beauty salon
French:
salon de beauté
— beauty salon
French:
institut de beauté
— beauty salon
Georgian:
სილამაზის სალონი
(silamazis saloni)
— beauty salon