Meanings
plural salons
- A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
Synonyms: hall, lounge, parlor, guest room
- artAn 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.
1933, Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas - A beauty salon or similar establishment.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna shop where hairdressers and beauticians work
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sel-“human settlement, village, dwelling”
- Proto-Germanic*salą“dwelling, house, hall”
- Lombardicsala“room, house, entrance hall”
- Italiansalone“large hall”
- Frenchsalon“reception room”
- Englishsalon
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.
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Arabic صَالُون, صَالَة
- صَالُون (ṣālūn)large room
- صَالَة (ṣāla)large room
- قَاعَة (qāʕa)large room
Bulgarian сало́н, за́ла
- сало́н (salón)large room
- за́ла (zála)large room
- гале́рия (galérija)art gallery
- сало́н (salón)beauty salon
Catalan saló, sala
- salólarge room
- salalarge room
- tertúliagathering of people
- saló de bellesabeauty salon
Chinese Mandarin 沙龍 /沙龙, 大廳 /大厅
- 沙龍 /沙龙 (shālóng)large room
- 大廳 /大厅 (dàtīng)large room
- 會議 /会议 (huìyì)gathering of people
- 美術館 /美术馆 (měishùguǎn)art gallery
- 沙龍 /沙龙 (shālóng)beauty salon
Dutch zaal
- zaallarge room
Finnish salonki, seurusteluhuone
- salonkilarge room
- seurusteluhuonelarge room
- seuragathering of people
- galleriaart gallery
- taidegalleriaart gallery
- salonkiart gallery
- kauneussalonkibeauty salon
- kauneushoitolabeauty salon
French salon, salon de coiffure
- salonlarge room
- salon de coiffurebeauty salon
- salon de beautébeauty salon
- institut de beautébeauty salon
German Salon, Halle
- Salonlarge room
- Hallelarge room
- Saallarge room
- Schönheitssalonbeauty salon
Greek σαλόνι
- σαλόνι (salóni)large room
Hebrew סלון
- סלון (salón)large room
Hindi सैलून, सलोन
- सैलून (sailūn)large room
- सलोन (salon)large room
Hungarian szalon, szalon
- szalonlarge room
- szalongathering of people
- szalonart gallery
- szalonbeauty salon
Indonesian salon
- salonbeauty salon
Italian salone, sala
- salonelarge room
- salalarge room
- salottogathering of people
- galleriaart gallery
- salonebeauty salon
Japanese サロン
- サロン (saron)large room
Korean 살롱
- 살롱 (sallong)large room
Polish salon, sala
- salonlarge room
- salalarge room
- salonbeauty salon
Portuguese salão, galeria
- salãolarge room
- galeriaart gallery
- salão de belezabeauty salon
Romanian galerie
- galerieart gallery
Russian сало́н, гости́ная
- сало́н (salón)large room
- гости́ная (gostínaja)large room
- зал (zal)large room
- за́ла (zála)large room
- галере́я (galeréja)art gallery
Spanish salón, sala
- salónlarge room
- salalarge room
Swahili saluni
- salunibeauty salon
Swedish salong, salong
- salonglarge room
- salonggathering of people
- salongart gallery
- salongbeauty salon
Turkish salon, odalak
- salonlarge room
- odalaklarge room
Ukrainian сало́н, зал
- сало́н (salón)large room
- зал (zal)large room
- галере́я (haleréja)art gallery
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Cite this entry
salon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salon
“salon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salon.
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