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saloon

/səˈluːn/suh-LOON
/səˈlun/suh-LOON

Meaninghall

Common meaning: large public room or bar

Journey through time

  1. Old High Germansal‘hall’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftshall → large roomsalon‘large room’source
  3. Englishsaloon‘large public room or bar’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old High German sal ‘hall’.

Roots

  • sal Old High German “hall”

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