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Definitions for Salon

[1] a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
[2] an assembly of guests in such a room, especially an assembly, common during the 17th and 18th centuries, consisting of the leaders in society, art, politics, etc.
[3] a hall or place used for the exhibition of works of art.
[4] a shop, business, or department of a store offering a specific product or service, especially one catering to a fashionable clientele: a dress salon; a hair salon.
[5] (initial capital letter ) (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.
[6] a room in a large house in which guests are received
[7] 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
[8] a commercial establishment in which hairdressers, beauticians, etc, carry on their businesses beauty salon
[9] a hall for exhibiting works of art such an exhibition, esp one showing the work of living artists

Words related to Salon

shop, room, hall, parlor, gallery, showroom, gathering, group, assemblage, reception

Words nearby Salon

salmonoid, salol, salome, salometer, salomon, salon, salon music, salonika, saloon, saloon car, saloon keeper

Origin of Salon

1705–15; < French < Italian salone, equivalent to sal(a ) hall (< Germanic; compare Old English sæl, Old Saxon seli, German Saal, Old Norse salr ) + -one augmentative suffix

Words that may be confused with Salon

salon, saloon

Word origin for Salon

C18: 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

Synonyms for Salon

gallery, hall, parlor, room, shop, showroom, assemblage, gathering, group, reception