salon English · revision 15325

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1690s|origins=gem-pro *salaz}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsælɒn/ ''(UK)''; /səˈlɑn/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|salon|t=reception room]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[it|salone|t=large hall]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[m|it|sala|t=hall]], from a Germanic source,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) compare [[goh|sal|t=hall, house]] (modern [[m|de|Saal]]) and [[ang|sele|t=hall]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[gem-pro|*salaz]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[ine-pro|*sel-|t=dwelling]], the one room a house once had, also seen in [[cu|село|tr=selo|t=field, village]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) It is a doublet of [[saloon]].^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A large room in a palace or great house: the 1690s in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) a room for receiving guests in 1699, in Martin Lister's ''Journey to Paris'', in Barnhart and the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The reception room of a Parisian lady of fashion is by 1810,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and a gathering of fashionable or distinguished people there from 1888, found in the form saloon in 1838.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The Salon, the annual Paris exhibition of painting and sculpture, is from 1875, from its being held in one of the salons of the Louvre.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A hairdresser's or beauty specialist's establishment is from 1913.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1699 – a reception room.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1810 – a Parisian salon.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1875 – the Salon exhibition.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1888 – a gathering of notables.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1913 – a beauty salon.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A business where a hairdresser, beautician or the like works: ''a hair salon''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A room in a large house for receiving guests.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A regular gathering of writers, artists or other notable people at a fashionable home.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A hall or gallery for showing works of art.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[beauty salon]]

+ * [[salon music]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[saloon]]

+ * [[sala]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}