saloon

Meaning

1. A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
2. A lounge bar in an English public house, contrasted with the public bar.
3. 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. the part of a rail carriage or multiple unit containing seating for passengers.
6. Dated form of salon (“living room in a house”).
7. A barbershop (store offering haircuts).

Synonyms

bar

pub

sedan

tavern

taproom

barroom

hall

ginmill

salon

saloon car

room

gin mill

pothouse

public house

nightclub

cocktail lounge

taphouse

reception-room

restaurant

roadhouse

saloon-car

night club

parlor car

spacious room

chair-car

saloon-carriage

beer hall

jook

jook house

jook joint

juke house

juke joint

parlour car

saloon carriage

alehouse

sale

apartment

auditorium

automobile

bar-room

cabin

court

dive

drawing-room

gallery

guest room

honky-tonk

house

🏠

liquor store

lounge

night-club

parlor

Hyphenated as

sa‧loon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈlun/

Etymology

Cognate with Old High German: sal

In summary

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.