saloon

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.

• IPA^(key): /səˈlun/

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• Hyphenation: sa‧loon
• Rhymes: -uːn

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).

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

• salon

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

• Alonso, Losano, Solano, lasoon

saloon

1. illative singular of salo

Borrowed from English saloon.

saloon m (invariable)

1. saloon (bar)

• salone

• lanoso

Unadapted borrowing from English saloon. Doublet of salón.

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

saloon m (plural saloons or saloon)

1. saloon (bar)

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.

Borrowed from English saloon.

saloon c

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

   Saloonen var full av cowboys

   The saloon was full of cowboys

• saloondörr

• salong

• cowboy
• spikpiano
• vilda västern

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