el

masculine

/saˈlon/

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Translation

lounge, living room, hall

Word origin

From French salon, itself from Italian salone ('large hall'), an augmentative of sala ('hall'), which is of Germanic origin.

Origin: Old French
Root: salon
English cognates: salon, saloon

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralsalones

Examples

The lounge in my house is very big.

Let's go and watch television in the lounge.

The lounge was full of people that night.

They bought a new sofa for the lounge.

The main lounge of the hotel is lovely.

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This word is part of lesson 31.