Synonyms for salon

Grammar : Noun

Spell : suh-lon; French sa-lawn

Phonetic Transcription : səˈlɒn; French saˈlɔ̃

Définition of salon

Origin : 1690s, "large room or apartment in a palace or great house," from French salon "reception room" (17c.), from Italian salone "large hall," from sala "hall," from a Germanic source (cf. Old English sele, Old Norse salr "hall," Old High German sal "hall, house," German Saal), from Proto-Germanic *salaz, from PIE *sel- (1) "human settlement" (cf. Old Church Slavonic selo "courtyard, village," Polish siolo, Russian selo "village," Lithuanian sala "village").
Sense of "reception room of a Parisian lady" is from 1810; meaning "gathering of fashionable people" first recorded 1888 (the woman who hosts one is a salonnière). Meaning "annual exhibition of contemporary paintings and sculpture in Paris" is from its originally being held in one of the salons of the Louvre. Meaning "establishment for hairdressing and beauty care" is from 1913.

noun gathering room

Example sentences :

The Chief came in from the salon, and sat down at the table.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

Let's all pledge ourselves to send in to the Salon—or anyway to the Indpendants!
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

I had it moulded and sent to the Salon , where it met with genuine success.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

And at last she went off attended by a maid who had waited for her in the first salon.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

This occurred in the room that is now called the "Salon d'Apollon."
Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu

Furniture builder, salon decorator, wig maker, and constructor.
Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous

Thereupon Bongrand began to talk warmly about the Salon of the Rejected.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

It was marvellous; the only piece of statuary worth looking at in the Salon.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

Yes, yes, you'll see it later on; we shall kill their Salon.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

I say, I shall have a fine show at the Salon, perhaps get a medal.'
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

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