səˈlün noun
( -s )
Etymology: French salon, from Italian salone, aug. of sala hall, room, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English sele hall, house, Old Saxon seli, Middle Dutch sale, Old High German sal, Old Norse salr hall, house, Gothic saljan to stay at an inn, salithwos inn; akin to Old Slavic selitva dwelling, Lithuanian sala village
1. : a spacious, lofty, and elegant apartment (as in a palace or manor house) for the reception and entertainment of guests : a large and elaborate drawing room : salon 1
the gilden saloons in which the first magnates of the realm … gave banquets and balls — T.B.Macaulay
2. : salon 2
3.
a. : a usually elaborately decorated apartment or hall (as a ballroom, gaming room, exhibition room, or a ship's dining hall)
b. : a large cabin for the social use of passengers (as on shipboard)
c. : a business establishment characterized by fanciness (as a shop or an amusement hall) : salon 4
a shaving saloon
hairdressing saloon
a billiard saloon
a dancing saloon
went out … to play at some ice-cream saloon — Betty Smith
d. : a room or public establishment in which alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed : barroom , taproom
4. Britain
a. : a railroad car approximating the American parlor car in arrangement and function
b. : sedan 2a