saloon

English

Etymology

From Occitan salon IPA^(key): /saˈlun/ French salon, either augmentative of salle (“room”), or borrowed from Italian salone (“hall”), augmentative form of sala, salla (“room”); in both cases borrowed from a Germanic source such as Old High German sal (“house, hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą, from Proto-Indo-European *sol-, derived from *sel- (“dwelling”). Doublet of salon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈlun/

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• Hyphenation: sa‧loon
• Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

saloon (plural saloons)

1. (US) A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
2. (British, dated) A lounge bar in an English public house, contrasted with the public bar.

   A pint of beer in the saloon bar costs a penny more than in the public bar.

3. (British) A car with a boot or trunk compartment separate from the driver/passenger space; a sedan.
4. The cabin area of a boat or yacht devoted to seated relaxation, often combined with dining table.
5. (rail transport) the part of a rail carriage or multiple unit containing seating for passengers.
6. Dated form of salon (“living room in a house”).
7. (India, Nigeria) A barbershop (store offering haircuts).

Synonyms

• (car body style, US, Australia): sedan
• See also Thesaurus:pub

Derived terms

• last chance saloon
• oyster saloon
• saloon keeper
• special saloon

 

Related terms

• salon

Descendants

• → Finnish: saluuna
• → French: saloon
• → Russian: салун (salun)
• → Bengali: সেলুন (śelun)
• → Hindi: सैलून (sailūn)

Translations

tavern

• Bulgarian: кръчма (bg) f (krǎčma), бар m (bar)
• Finnish: saluuna (fi)
• French: saloon (fr)
• Latin: caupōna (la) f, taberna (la) f, (low-grade) canaba f
• Plautdietsch: Schenkj f
• Russian: салу́н (ru) m (salún), бар (ru) m (bar), таве́рна (ru) f (tavérna)

lounge bar

sedan — see sedan

a large public room for use as a lounge on a ship

• Bulgarian: обща зала f (obšta zala)
• Maori: haranu

Anagrams

• Alonso, Losano, Solano, lasoon

Finnish

Noun

saloon

1. illative singular of salo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English saloon.

Noun

saloon m (invariable)

1. saloon (bar)

See also

• salone

Anagrams

• lanoso

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English saloon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈlun/ [saˈlũn]
• Rhymes: -un

Noun

saloon m (plural saloons or saloon)

1. saloon (bar)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English saloon.

Noun

saloon c

1. a saloon (tavern, especially in an American Old West setting)

   Saloonen var full av cowboys

   The saloon was full of cowboys

Declension

Declension of saloon
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	saloon	saloonen	salooner	saloonerna
Genitive	saloons	saloonens	salooners	saloonernas

Derived terms

• saloondörr

Related terms

• salong

See also

• cowboy
• spikpiano
• vilda västern

References

• saloon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• saloon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• saloon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)