較常見於十八、十九世紀富人家庭的住宅內，作為正式接待賓客與談話的房間，經常運用各種珍品或華貴的擺飾裝飾此房間，以展現家族的財力。20世紀後，住宅建築的室內空間規劃上較少出現此種房間，其功能現已大多被客廳所取代。此詞彙的意義歷經了多次的轉變，最早可回溯至十四世紀，用於指稱修道院內與院外人士談話的空間；十四世紀後期則轉為指住宅內的私人空間；至十五世紀早期改用於稱呼住宅內的公共活動空間；後至十六世紀，其定義轉變為家庭住宅內的客廳空間；於1884年，本詞亦被用於指稱企業建築內的展示廳。

接待室(客廳)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,,)
客廳(會客室)　(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,,)
起居室(會客室)　(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
chieh tai shih (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
jiē dài shì (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
jie dai shi (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
parlors(P,,U,美式英語-偏好,D,U,PN)
parlor(,U,美式英語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
parlours(P,,U,British English-偏好,D,U,PN)
parlour(,U,British English-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
ontvangstzalen(P,,U,荷蘭語-偏好,D,U,U)
ontvangszaal(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,AD,U,U)
parloir(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,UF,U,U)
parloirs(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,UF,U,U)
coloquiales(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,PN)
coloquial(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
locutorio(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,UF,U,SN)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....物件層面
........組件 (層級名)
............成分
................<依特定背景區分之組件>
....................<建築劃分>
........................<房間與空間>
............................<依功能區分之房間與空間>
................................<社交與起居空間>
....................................接待室 (客廳)

distinguished from....	客廳(現代住宅)
distinguished from....	起居室

英文....	Rooms intended for conversation and the reception of guests in residences, hotels, monasteries, or churches, particularly common in the 18th and 19th century, often decorated with the finest furnishings as a symbol of social status. Mostly replaced in residential architecture since the 20th century by the living room. The term has developed multiple historical meanings, from the 14th century “apartment in a monastery for conversations with outside persons,” to the late 14th century “room off a main hall offering some privacy,” by early 15th century to “public room of a private house,” by 16th century to “the ordinary sitting room of a family,” to a “show room for a business” (as in ice cream parlor) by 1884.
荷蘭語....	Wordt gebruikt voor kamers die zijn bedoeld voor conversatie en de ontvangst van gasten in residenties, hotels, kloosters of kerken. De laat 20e-eeuwse woonkamer lijkt op de 19e of vroeg 20e -eeuwse salon in die zin dat vaak een andere kamer dient voor de dagelijkse ontspanning met het gezin.

接待室(客廳)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	中央研究院中英雙語知識本體詞網 November 12, 2012
客廳(會客室)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	中央研究院中英雙語知識本體詞網 November 12, 2012
.................	建築學英漢辭典 313
起居室(會客室)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 November 12, 2012
parlors............	[VP]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.................	Avery Index (1963-)
.................	BHA Subject Headings (1985-)
parlor............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
parlours............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
parlour............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
ontvangstzalen............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
ontvangszaal............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
parloir............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
parloirs............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
coloquiales............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Comité, Plural del término en singular
coloquial............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Alvarez et al., Diccionario de la decoración (1968) 167
locutorio............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Koch, Baustilkunde (1991)
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)

Getty AAT: 300004441 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300004441
聯合目錄： 接待室 、客廳 、起居室 、chieh tai shih 、jiē dài shì 、jie dai shi 、parlors 、parlor 、parlours 、parlour 、ontvangstzalen 、ontvangszaal 、parloir 、parloirs 、coloquiales 、coloquial 、locutorio