saloon
pronunciation
How to pronounce saloon in British English:
UK [səˈlu:n]
How to pronounce saloon in American English:
US [səˈlun]
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- Noun:
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
Word Origin
- saloon
- saloon: [18] Saloon is part of a widespread western European family of words for ‘large room’. They go back to a prehistoric Germanic *salaz, ancestor of German saal. This was borrowed into Vulgar Latin as *sala, whose descendants include French salle and Italian sala. A derivative of this, denoting ‘large size’, was salone, which was borrowed into French as salon. English acquired this at the beginning of the 18th century in two forms: the original salon and the anglicized saloon.
- saloon (n.)
- 1728, anglicized form of salon, and originally used interchangeable with it. Meaning "large hall in a public place for entertainment, etc." is from 1747; especially a passenger boat from 1817, also used of railway cars furnished like drawing rooms (1842). Sense of "public bar" developed by 1841, American English.
Example
- 1. Mr mitra said production of hyundai 's i20 compact saloon was likely to be moved .
- 2. But in matt 's saloon on saturday night , real cattlemen could not be found .
- 3. The british fashion designer paul smith drives a 55-year old bristol 405 saloon to work every day .
- 4. In an accelerated drive to produce more fuel-efficient vehicles , the company announced plans to develop a battery-powered van by 2010 and an electric passenger saloon by 2011 .
- 5. The company has already begun making a slightly modified version of the mg tf and a saloon for the chinese market in nanjing .