It's a room in an apartment or in a castle where visitors may be entertained. It was called differently in ancient times, for in
stance, withdrawing room. In a large 16th to early 18th century English house, a withdrawing room was a room to which the owner of the house, his dog, or a distinguished guest who was sitting one of the main apartments in the house could "withdraw" for more privacy. It was often off the great chamber (or the great chamber's descendant, the state room) and usually led to a formal, or "state" left time. What is it? write in french
A drawing room is a room in a castle where visitors may be entertained, and a historical term for what would now usually be called a living room, although today's palaces, country houses, and manor houses (and some townhouses) in Japan would be said to have drawing rooms.
FRENCH:
Un salon est une pièce dans un château où les visiteurs peuvent être divertis, et un terme historique pour ce qu'on appellerait maintenant généralement un salon, bien que les palais, les maisons de campagne et les manoirs d'aujourd'hui (et certaines maisons de ville) au Japon seraient dits avoir des salons.
