salon
French, noun/sa.lɔ̃/
salon is spelled S-A-L-O-N (5 letters) and appears 52 times per million words in written French, the 1,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salon is a French masculine noun meaning “living room” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce, dans un appartement, dans une maison, qui est ordinairement plus grande et plus ornée que les autres…”.
What does salon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineliving room
- 2
masculinesalon
- 3
masculineshow (exhibition of items), exhibition (large-scale public showing of objects or products)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce, dans un appartement, dans une maison, qui est ordinairement plus grande et plus ornée que les autres, et qui sert à recevoir les visites. 2. La bonne compagnie ; les gens du monde. 3. Lieu où se fait l’exposition annuelle des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, gravure, etc., des artistes vivants. 4. Cette exposition elle-même.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of salon
- salons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salon?
- /sa.lɔ̃/
- \sa.lɔ̃\
- [lə sa.lɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salon in French?
salon appears 52 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).