different between spa vs salon

English

Etymology 1

The term is derived from the name of the Belgian town of Spa, where since medieval times illnesses caused by iron deficiency were treated by drinking chalybeate (iron-bearing) spring water. In 16^th century England the old Roman ideas of medicinal bathing were revived at towns like Bath, and in 1571 William Slingsby who had been to the Belgian town (which he called Spaw) discovered a chalybeate spring in Yorkshire. He built an enclosed well at what became known as Harrogate, the first resort in England for drinking medicinal waters, then in 1596 Dr. Timothy Bright called the resort The English Spaw, beginning the use of the word Spa as a generic description rather than as the place name of the Belgian town. At first this term referred specifically to resorts for water drinking rather than bathing, but this distinction was gradually lost and many spas offer external remedies.

There are various stories about the origin of the name. A Belgian spring of iron-bearing water was called Espa from the Walloon term for "fountain", and was used in 1326 as a cure by an iron master with such success that he founded a health resort that developed into the town, though it has been suggested that this term may be derived from the name of the resort. Some have suggested that the town's name can be ultimately sourced from Latin spargere (“to scatter, sprinkle, or moisten”), though this derivation is problematic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sp??/
  • (UK, obsolete) IPA^(key): /?sp??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sp?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?sp??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

spa (plural spas)

1. A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring.
2. A trendy or fashionable resort.
3. A health club.
4. A hot tub.

Synonyms

• health club
• resort

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• caldarium
• pump room

Etymology 2

Shortened form of spastic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spæ/

Noun

spa (plural spas)

1. (Ireland, slang) A clumsy person (see spastic)
2. (Ireland, slang) An idiot
3. (Ireland, slang) A gobshite

Anagrams

• APS, APs, ASP, PAS, PAs, PSA, Pas, Psa., SAP, asp, pas, s.ap., sap

Dutch

Etymology 1

From earlier spade, from Middle Dutch spade, from Old Dutch *spado, from Proto-Germanic *spadô.

Alternative forms

• spade

Noun

spa m (plural spaden, diminutive spaatje n)

1. spade

Etymology 2

From the Spa brand of mineral water, which originates from the Belgian town of Spa. The compound spawater is attested as early as the 17th century, however.

Noun

spa m (plural spa's, diminutive spaatje n)

1. mineral water

Etymology 3

From earlier spade, from Middle Dutch spade, from Old Dutch *sp?di, from Proto-Germanic *sp?diz. Cognate with German spät.

Alternative forms

• spade

Adjective

spa (comparative spader, superlative spaadst)

1. (obsolete) late

Inflection

Synonyms

• laat

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• spada
• spade

Etymology

From the noun spade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp??/

Verb

spa (present tense spar, past tense spadde, past participle spadd or spadt, present participle spadande, imperative spa)

1. to use a spade or shovel, to dig, to shovel

References

• “spa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spa/

Noun

spa f (plural spe)

1. sword

Portuguese

Noun

spa m (plural spas)

1. spa (health resort near a spring)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English spa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es?pa/, [es?pa]

Noun

spa f (plural spas)

1. spa

   Synonym: balneario

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