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saloon - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Noun

saloon (plural saloons)

  • (US) A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
    • ✤ Near-synonyms: pub; see also Thesaurus: pub
  • (UK, 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.
  • (UK) A car with a boot or trunk compartment separate from the driver/passenger space and with seating and doors for more than two people.
    • ✤ Synonym: sedan (US, Canada, Australia)
    • ✤ Hypernyms: car, auto, automobile < motor vehicle < vehicle
    • ✤ Coordinate terms: coupe; estate car, estate, station wagon, wagon, station sedan (archaic); minivan, people carrier (UK), MPV (UK); CUV, XUV; SUV, sport utility vehicle; truck, lorry, van
    • ✤ The black Peugeot which stood there might indeed have been the saloon they had seen, but it might equally have been one of a million others on the French roads.1
  • The cabin area of a boat or yacht devoted to seated relaxation, often combined with dining table.
  • (rail transport) the part of a rail carriage or multiple unit containing seating for passengers.
  • Dated form of salon (“living room in a house”).
  • (India, Nigeria) A barbershop (store offering haircuts).

Etymology

From Occitan salon, 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 ﹡sel- (“dwelling”). Doublet of salon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /səˈlun/
  • Audio (US): 🔊
  • Hyphenation: sa‧loon
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

  1. 1953, Ian Fleming, “Black Patch”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 177: ↩

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