different between barbershop vs salon

English

Alternative forms

• barber shop, barber-shop

Etymology

barber +? shop.

Noun

barbershop (countable and uncountable, plural barbershops)

1. (countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a man) can go to get a haircut.

   Hypernym: (UK) hairdresser's

   Synonym: (India) saloon

2. (uncountable, music) A style of a capella vocal music, sung in four-part harmony, typically by a quartet of men.

Derived terms

• barbershop quartet
• barbershopper
• barbershoppy

Related terms

• beauty parlor

Translations

Verb

barbershop (third-person singular simple present barbershops, present participle barbershopping, simple past and past participle barbershopped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To perform in the barbershop musical style.

Further reading

• Barber on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Barbershop music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French salon (“reception room”), from Middle French, from Italian salone (“large hall”), augmented form of sala (“hall”), from Lombardic sala (“room, house, entrance hall”), from Proto-Germanic *sal? (“dwelling, house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”). Cognate with Old High German sal (“room, house, entrance hall”), Old English sæl (“room, hall, castle”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (selo, “courtyard, village”), Lithuanian sala (“island”). Doublet of saloon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??l?n/, /?sæl?n/

Noun

salon (plural salons)

1. A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.

   Synonyms: hall, lounge, parlor, guest room

2. A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting.

   Synonyms: circle, cenacle

3. (art) An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon.
4. A beauty salon or similar establishment.

Derived terms

• beauty salon
• hairdressing salon
• hair salon

Related terms

• salonnière

Translations

See also

• cabinet

Anagrams

• Nosal, Sloan, Solan, S?n La, loans, lonas, solan

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa?lon

Etymology 1

From Spanish salón.

Noun

salon

1. (obsolete) a ballroom; a large room used for dancing and banquets

Etymology 2

From English salon, borrowed from French salon (“reception room”), from Middle French, from Italian salone (“large hall”), augmented form of sala (“hall”), from Lombardic sala (“room, house, entrance hall”), from Proto-Germanic *sal? (“dwelling, house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”).

Noun

salon

1. a beauty salon

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French salon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa??l?n/
• Hyphenation: sa?lon
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

salon m or n (plural salons, diminutive salonnetje n)

1. salon, room for receiving guests
2. pub, café or restaurant (often posh or trendy, or in a French context)

Derived terms

• haarsalon
• ijssalon
• kapsalon
• koffiesalon
• nagelsalon
• salonblad
• salonpopulist
• salonsocialisme
• salonsocialist
• salonsocialistisch
• salonstuk
• salontafel
• schoonheidssalon
• theesalon

Related terms

• salet
• zaal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: salon
• ? Indonesian: salon

Esperanto

Noun

salon

1. accusative singular of salo

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

salon

1. Genitive singular form of salo.

Etymology 2

Noun

salon

1. Genitive singular form of salko.

Anagrams

• solan

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Italian salone (“large hall”), augmented form of sala (“hall”), from Lombardic sala (“room, house, entrance hall”), from Proto-Germanic *sal? (“dwelling, house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”). Cognate with Old High German sal (“room, house, entrance hall”), Old English sæl (“room, hall, castle”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (selo, “courtyard, village”), Lithuanian sala (“island”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.l??/

Noun

salon m (plural salons)

1. living room
2. salon
3. show (exhibition of items), exhibition (large-scale public showing of objects or products)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

• “salon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch salon, from French salon, from Middle French, from Italian salone (“large hall”), augmented form of sala (“hall”), from Lombardic sala (“room, house, entrance hall”), from Proto-Germanic *sal? (“dwelling, house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sal?n]
• Hyphenation: sa?lon

Noun

salon (first-person possessive salonku, second-person possessive salonmu, third-person possessive salonnya)

1. salon,
   1. A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
   2. A beauty salon or similar establishment.

Further reading

• “salon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?lon/

Noun

salon (plural salones)

1. sitting room, living room

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

salon m (plural salons)

1. (Jersey) drawing room

Polish

Etymology

From French salon, from Middle French, from Italian salone (“large hall”), augmented form of sala (“hall”), from Lombardic sala (“room, house, entrance hall”), from Proto-Germanic *sal? (“dwelling, house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa.l?n/

Noun

salon m inan (diminutive salonik)

1. living room
2. any large room
3. service point, shop, store, parlor (used especially for shops in a shopping center)

   Synonym: studio

4. exhibition, show
5. (derogatory, singular only) ruling class, the elite, the establishment

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) salonka
• (noun phrases) salon gry, salon pi?kno?ci
• (adjective) salonowy

Related terms

• (nouns) salonowiec, salonowo??
• (adverb) salonowo

Further reading

• salon in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• salon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French salon.

Noun

salon n (plural saloane)

1. living room
2. salon

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French salon, from Italian salone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?lo?n/
• Hyphenation: sa?lon

Noun

sàl?n m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. living room
2. parlor (room for lounging)
3. gallery (institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art)
4. gallery (establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art)
5. shop (hairdresser, tailor, massage etc.)

Declension

References

• “salon” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French salon.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa?lon

Noun

salon (definite accusative salonu, plural salonlar)

1. living room
2. shop, store

Declension

Synonyms

• (living room): oturma odas?

Derived terms

• (shop): güzellik salonu