salon

Is salon masculine or feminine?

lesalon
/lə salɔ̃/masculineliving room

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -on are usually masculine.
Words ending in -tion, -sion, -son, or -aison follow different rules.
91.9% of -on nouns are masculine
Exceptions

These end in -on too, but they are feminine.

lafaçonlaréunionlaleçonl'opinionlarégion

In context

  • Le salon de ma nouvelle maison est spacieux.

    The living room in my new house is very large.

  • Il règne un chaos effroyable dans le salon.

    A horrible chaos reigns in the living room.

  • Ma mère est partie au salon de beauté.

    My mother has gone to the beauty shop.

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