saloon

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”)

• 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. (Britain, 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. (Britain) The most common body style for modern cars, with a boot or trunk.
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)

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

• salon

• Alonso, Solano, lasoon

saloon

1. Illative singular form of salo.

Borrowed from English saloon.

saloon m (invariable)

1. saloon (bar)

• salone

• lanoso

saloon m (plural saloons or saloon)

1. saloon (bar)