salon

CEFRB1

/ˈsælɒn/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A shop where people have their hair or beauty treatments done.

  2. 02

    noun

    A gathering for discussing art, literature, or ideas.

Examples

  • She goes to the beauty salon at least once a week.

  • How about spending an elegant and blissful time at a beauty salon?

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting.

  2. An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon.

  3. A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.

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Origin

noun

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.