Salon Definition

sə-lŏn, sălŏn, să-lôɴ

salons

noun

salons

A large reception hall or social room, as in a hotel or on a ship; saloon.

Webster's New World

A drawing room of a private home in French-speaking countries.

Webster's New World

A periodic gathering of people of social or intellectual distinction.

American Heritage

A regular gathering of eminent writers, artists, scientists, etc. in the home of a well-known, often wealthy and influential person.

Webster's New World

A room or gallery for the exhibition of works of art.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Salon

Singular:

salon

Plural:

salons

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”).

From Wiktionary
French from Italian salone augmentative of sala hall of Germanic origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition