salon
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noun, plural sa·lons [-lonz; French -lawn] .
[-lonz; French -lawn] . 1.
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
2.
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 )
a.
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.
b.
a national exhibition of works of art by living artists: Salon des Refusés; Salon des Indépendants.
Origin:
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
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
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| —n | |
| 1. | a room in a large house in which guests are received |
| 2. | 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 |
| 3. | a commercial establishment in which hairdressers, beauticians, etc, carry on their businesses: beauty salon |
| 4. | a. a hall for exhibiting works of art |
| b. such an exhibition, esp one showing the work of living artists | |
| [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] | |
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Word Origin & History
salon
1699, "large room or apartment in a palace or great house," from Fr. salon "reception room," from It. salone "large hall," from sala "hall," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.E. sele, O.N. salr "hall," O.H.G. sal "hall, house," Ger. Saal), from P.Gmc. *salaz, from PIE *sel- "human settlement" (cf. O.C.S. selo
"courtyard, village," Lith. sala "village"). Sense of "reception room of a Parisian lady" is from 1810; meaning "gathering of fashionable people" first recorded 1888 (the woman who hosts one is a salonnière). Meaning "annual exhibition of contemporary paintings and sculpture in Paris" is from its originally being held in one of the salons of the Louvre. Meaning "establishment for hairdressing and beauty care" is from 1913.
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Cultural Dictionary
salon definition
A periodic gathering of persons noted in literature, philosophy, the fine arts, or similar areas, held at one person's home. Salons thrived in the Enlightenment.
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Example sentences
And his salon will give you that on or off the courts.
Also there is a hair salon in a tree house right next to the hotel.
Salon facility licenses are not transferable from one address to another, or from one owner to another.
Manicures, pedicures and other salon services are available.
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