different between shop vs salon

English

Etymology

From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English s?eoppa, s?oppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“spade, kick”), German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”), French échoppe (“booth, shop”) (< Germanic).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p/
• (US) enPR: shäp, IPA^(key): /??p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

shop (countable and uncountable, plural shops)

1. An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.

   • From shop to shop / Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks / The polished counter.

2. A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
3. A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
4. Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
5. (figuratively, uncountable) Discussion of business or professional affairs.
6. A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
7. An establishment where a barber or beautician works.

   a barber shop

8. An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.

   This is where I do my weekly shop.

Synonyms

• (establishment that sells goods): boutique, retail outlet, store (US); see also Thesaurus:retail store
• (place where things are crafted): atelier, studio, workshop
• (automobile mechanic's workplace): garage
• (workplace): office, place of work, workplace
• (wood shop): carpentry, wood shop, woodwork
• (metal shop): metal shop, metalwork

Derived terms

Related terms

• shoppe

Descendants

Translations

Verb

shop (third-person singular simple present shops, present participle shopping, simple past and past participle shopped)

1. (intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.

   I went shopping early before the Christmas rush.

   He’s shopping for clothes.

2. (transitive) To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).

   Shop our new arrivals.

   • 1988, Sylvia Harney, Married beyond recognition: a humorous look at marriage (page 90)

     You fantasized about having unhurried afternoons before the baby arrived to leisurely shop your favorite boutiques. Then the first crash hits — you no longer have the money to shop your favorite boutiques.

3. (transitive, slang, chiefly Britain) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.

   He shopped his mates in to the police.

4. (transitive, slang, chiefly Britain) To imprison.
5. (transitive, Internet slang) To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

Synonyms

• (to report a criminal to authority): grass up (slang)

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Interjection

shop

1. (dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

Further reading

• shop at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Hosp., OHPs, PHOs, Posh, Soph, hops, hosp, phos, posh, soph

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation

Noun

shop m (plural shops, diminutive shopje n)

1. shop

   Synonym: winkel

Derived terms

• koffieshop

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??op/, [??o?p]

Noun

shop

1. (Anglism) Alternative form of shoppi (establishment that sells goods or services to the public).

Declension

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

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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