Salon

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈlÉ’n/, /ˈsælÉ’n/

Origin

From French salon ("reception room"), from Middle French, from Italian salone ("large hall"), augmented form of Italian 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 селó (seló, "courtyard, village"), Lithuanian sala ("village").

Noun

1. a large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests
2. a gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting
3. an art gallery
4. a beauty salon or similar establishment

Synonyms

• hall
• lounge
• parlor
• guest room

Anagrams

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