saloon

n.

1. A place where alcoholic drinks are sold and drunk; a tavern.
2. A large room or hall for receptions, public entertainment, or exhibitions.
3. Nautical.
   1. The officers' dining and social room on a cargo ship.
   2. A large social lounge on a passenger ship.
4. Chiefly British. A sedan automobile.

[French salon, salon. See salon.]

1. A place where intoxicating liquors are sold and consumed; often the social center in many early towns of the Western United States.
2. A variant form of salon.

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A cabin by any other name sounds not quite so sweet
Many boaters seem to find the word cabin rather lacking the elegance and significance they associate with their boats. Therefore, they refer to their cabin as a salon, a fancy French term for reception hall or a room filled with perfumed finery.Hairdressers, beauticians, and couturiers have salons; sailors have a saloon. The Encyclopedia of Nautical Knowledge defines a saloon this way: “In a cargo and smaller passenger vessels, the main cabin, or that serving as a dining-room, assembly room, etc.” The Oxford Concise Dictionary describes a saloon as a “public room for first-class or for all passengers on ship.”The only dissonant note is sounded by Webster’s New World Dictionary, which allows the use of both salon and saloon but then confesses that saloon is “specifically, the main social cabin of a passenger ship.” Nevertheless, whereas most sailors use the word saloon, most powerboaters seem to prefer salon.It’s possible that some boaters use the word salon because they don’t want their boats to be associated with saloons where strong alcoholic drinks are served and rough men indulge in fisticuffs. But a better choice than either salon or saloon would be cabin. What could be simpler or more correct?See also Yacht Design.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bar, værtshus, salon, sal

idioms:

• saloon car    sedan

Nederlands (Dutch)
zaal, bar, sedan, salon, luxe wagon, zaal-

Français (French)
n. - (GB, Aut) berline, (GB) salle confortable (d'un pub), (US) saloon, bar, salon

idioms:

• saloon car    berline, voiture de tourisme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Limousine, Salon, Saloon

idioms:

• saloon car    Limousine

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αίθουσα υποδοχής, σαλόνι, (ΗΠΑ) σαλούν

idioms:

• saloon car    σεντάν (κλειστό τετράθυρο επιβατικό αυτοκίνητο), (Βρετ.) πολυτελές βαγόνι τρένου

Italiano (Italian)
bar, sala di consumazione, salone, sala

idioms:

• saloon car    berlina

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bar (m), câmara principal (f), cabine de primeira classe (f)

idioms:

• saloon car    carro de primeira classe

Русский (Russian)
салун, кабак, бар, зал

idioms:

• saloon car    автомобиль с закрытым кузовом

Español (Spanish)
n. - salón, sala, vagón, taberna, bar

idioms:

• saloon car    sedán, coche restaurante (en el tren)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - salong, sal, saloon, krog

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大厅, 酒吧, 展览场

idioms:

• saloon car    头等客车, 头等餐车

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大廳, 酒吧, 展覽場

idioms:

• saloon car    頭等客車, 頭等餐車

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 술집, 특정한 목적이 있는 큰 방, 응접실

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大広間, 酒場, バー, 特別客車, 店

idioms:

• saloon car    特別客車

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بهو او حانه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסבאה, בר, אולם, מכונית, חדר/אולם למטרה מסוימת (ביליארד, ירי וכו')‬

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