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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sa•lon /səˈlɑn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a room for receiving guests in a large house.
- Fine Arta hall or place for the exhibition of works of art.
- a special shop, department of a store, etc., usually for fashionable clients:a dress salon.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sa•lon (sə lon′; Fr. sa lôn′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lons (-lonz′; Fr. -lôn′).USA pronunciation - a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- an assembly of guests in such a room, esp. an assembly, common during the 17th and 18th centuries, consisting of the leaders in society, art, politics, etc.
- Fine Arta hall or place used for the exhibition of works of art.
- a shop, business, or department of a store offering a specific product or service, esp. one catering to a fashionable clientele:a dress salon; a hair salon.
- Fine Art(cap.) (in France)
- the Salon, an annual exhibition of works of art by living artists, originally held at the Salon d'Apollon: it became, during the 19th century, the focal point of artistic controversy and was identified with academicism and official hostility to progress in art.
- a national exhibition of works of art by living artists:Salon des Refusés; Salon des Indépendants.
- Gmc; compare Old English sæl, Old Saxon seli, German Saal, Old Norse salr) + -one augmentative suffix
- Italian salone, equivalent. to sal(a) hall (
- French
- 1705–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: salon /ˈsælɒn/ n - a room in a large house in which guests are received
- an assembly of guests in a fashionable household, esp a gathering of major literary, artistic, and political figures from the 17th to the early 20th centuries
- a commercial establishment in which hairdressers, beauticians, etc, carry on their businesses
- a hall for exhibiting works of art
- such an exhibition, esp one showing the work of living artists
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Italian salone, augmented form of sala hall, of Germanic origin; compare Old English sele hall, Old High German sal, Old Norse salr hall |