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Added 8 October 2026

saloon

/səˈlun/ noun

In Latin: caupōna, taberna, canaba Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about saloon at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar
Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals.
A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.

Origin

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.

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