different between saloon vs parlor

English

Etymology

From 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 *sal?, from Proto-Indo-European *sol-, derived from *sel- (“dwelling”). Doublet of salon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??lun/
• Hyphenation: sa?loon
• Rhymes: -u?n

Noun

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”).
7. (India) A barbershop (store offering haircuts).

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• special saloon

Related terms

• salon

Translations

Anagrams

• Alonso, Losano, Solano, lasoon

Finnish

Noun

saloon

1. Illative singular form of salo.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English saloon.

Noun

saloon m (invariable)

1. saloon (bar)

See also

• salone

Anagrams

• lanoso

Spanish

Etymology

From English saloon.

Noun

saloon m (plural saloons or saloon)

1. saloon (bar)

English

Alternative forms

• parlour (British)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman parlur and Old French parleor, from the verb parler (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??l?/
• (General American) enPR: pär?l?r, IPA^(key): /?p??l?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l?(?)

Noun

parlor (plural parlors)

1. The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room
2. (archaic) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.
3. (archaic) A comfortable room in a public house.
4. (chiefly Southern US) A covered open-air patio.
5. A shop or other business selling goods specified by context.
6. A shed used for milking cattle.

Synonyms

• (room): living room
• (room): sitting room
• (room): drawing room

Hypernyms

• room

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• parlor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• parlor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• parlor at OneLook Dictionary Search

Cebuano

Etymology

Short for English beauty parlor.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: par?lor

Noun

parlor

1. a beauty parlor