saloon

Meaning

Noun

  • A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
  • A lounge bar in an English public house, contrasted with the public bar.
  • The most common body style for modern cars, with a boot or trunk.
  • The cabin area of a boat or yacht devoted to seated relaxation, often combined with dining table.
  • the part of a rail carriage or multiple unit containing seating for passengers.
  • A barbershop .

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Origin

  • From French salon, either augmentative of salle, or borrowed from Italian salone ("hall"), augmentative form of sala, salla; in both cases borrowed from a Germanic source such as Old High German sal ("house, hall"), from Proto-Germanic *salÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *sol-, derived from *sel-. salon.

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