saloon

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
  2. noun tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
  3. noun a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors

Etymology

From Occitan salon, French salon, either augmentative of salle (“room”), or borrowed from Italian salone (“hall”), augmentative form of sala, salla (“room”); in both cases borrowed from a Germanic source such as Old High German sal (“house, hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“dwelling”). Doublet of salon.

In classic literature

Synonyms

barroom, bar, ginmill, taproom

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