Saal

Meaning

hall or large room (chiefly for gatherings or performances by large groups of people)

Concepts

hall

room

living room

salon

saloon

auditorium

lobby

hallway

inner ear

sitting room

theatre

body cavity

spacious room

antechamber

Saal

anteroom

chamber

concourse

court

entrance hall

guest room

Synonyms

Halle

Wohnzimmer

Salon

Wohnstube

Wohnhalle

Haus

🏠

Herrenhaus

Raum

Sprechzimmer

Stube

Ulm

Aufenthaltsraum

Vorhof

Vorkammer

Vorraum

Vorzimmer

Zimmer

Wandelhalle

Empfangssaal

Bankettsaal

Besuchszimmer

Tagesraum

Vestibül

Aula

Eingangshalle

Empfangshalle

Foyer

Translations

salle

sala

sala

salón

salon

sala

salon

sala de estar

soggiorno

salone

salão

αίθουσα

salon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zaːl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: sal

Inherited from Old High German: sal

Cognate with Dutch: zaal

Cognate with Swedish: sal

Cognate with Old English: sele

Cognate with Russian: село́

Cognate with French: salle

Cognate with English: salon

In summary

From Middle High German sal, from Old High German sal, sali, seli, from Proto-West Germanic *sali, from Proto-Germanic *saliz, *salą, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”).
Cognate with Dutch zaal, Swedish sal, Old English sele, Russian село́ (seló). Also cognate with French salle. Compare English salon.

Sentences

Der im unteren Teil befindliche große Saal wurde regelmäßig als Kino benutzt .

The large hall in the lower part was regularly used as a cinema.

Im ersten Obergeschoss des Wohngebäudes befand sich ein Saal .

There was a hall on the first floor of the residential building.