Standard Lemma guide

salon

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsælɒn/
  • Canada, General-American: /səˈlɑn/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Jersey: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A beauty salon or similar establishment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shop, store

History

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.

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
  • German: Schönheitssalon — beauty salon
  • Hungarian: szalon — beauty salon
  • Indonesian: salon — beauty salon
  • Italian: salone — beauty salon
  • Polish: salon — beauty salon
  • Portuguese: salão de beleza — beauty salon
  • Swahili: saluni — beauty salon
  • Swedish: salong — beauty salon
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