Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
fait salon
English translation:
is a lounger/a social butterfly/a chatterbox
French term
United States
Native in: English 
, Greek
Works in: Greek to English, English to Greek, English, and 5 more.
fait salon
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cchat
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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Jul 26, 2014 07:42: cchat Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
is a lounger/a social butterfly
He/she's a social butterfly.
Or even:
He/She's a chatterbox.
| Thank you again. Social Butterfly is what I went with seeing as the professor had been commenting for quite some time and was being witty here. |
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: It means to chat, to chatter. "Social butterfly" is a bit too flowery in context! // Yes ironic, of course but a social butterfly is a person who flits from one group to another. Here the teacher is just saying that the kid wastes his time chatting.
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Thanks. I agree, but teachers' comments are often ironic. "Fait salon" is far more flowery than "bavarde".
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Lorraine Dubuc
: or quite chattery
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Thanks.
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Dennis Boyd
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Thanks.
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Ana Cristina Gutierrez Iglesias
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Anne Quillevéré
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Ruth C (X)
: a chatterbox
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Holds court
Someone who serves as the principal discussant or center of attention in an informal gathering of friends, associates, etc.
The boy holds court in the class instead doing his exercises.
United Kingdom
MA-qualified translator and proofreader
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
is a bit of a chatterbox
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writeaway
: already given as one of cchat's answers. yes, it's a dictionary question /no. am sure you weren't. it wasn't the answer in the answer line but cchat provided a couple of suggestions. anyway, it's in the dictionary as you state.
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Sorry, I didn't see that. I wasn't intending to copy anybody.
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an entertainer; a self-appointed clown
Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
seat warmer
Mere Seat-Warmers Don't Deserve a Passing Grade
http://americanenglishdoctor.com/wordpress/mere-seat-warmers-dont-deserve-a-passing-grade
Likes conversation/conversational
You know the general idea, but you have to really think what a teacher would write in English. I'm not so sure he or she would say "socialite", "social butterfly", or "chatterbox" (a little derogatory). It's a neutral observation, even if there could be a slight positive aspect to it all. I might just say "conversational", or "likes conversation", and then call it quits.
I hope this helps.
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Lisa Jane
: yes or see my similar suggestion
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Thank you, ljane. I appreciate it. Your suggestion is fine, too. I just tried to be curt and succinct, as is the French.
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likes to engage in conversation
Reference comments
faire salon
avec une nuance iron. Le dernier salon où l'on cause. Lieu (généralement à la mode, parfois inattendu) où l'on se rencontre pour bavarder.
Loc. adj., souvent péj. De salon
[En parlant d'une pers.] Qui fréquente le monde et aime les mondanités; p. ext., qu'on ne peut prendre au sérieux.
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writeaway
: sigh, yes
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Thanks. Maybe we should give courses on how to Google. ;-). But people don't ask questions to which they know the answer, so it's still useful to provide good references.
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Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
Dico
− Loc. verb. Faire salon, tenir salon
♦ Recevoir. Madame Mercadet: Il n'y a que madame Duval pour recevoir chez elle des gens sans position! (...) Mercadet: Elle fait salon, elle veut des danseurs à tout prix! (Balzac, Faiseur, 1850, i, 10, p. 203).Celles [des Parisiennes] qui tenaient salon furent aussi connues que celles qui fréquentaient les restaurants, aussi courtisées (Fargue, Piéton Paris, 1939, p. 183).
♦ Se réunir pour converser; p. ext., bavarder. Après dîner nous avons fait salon un peu longtemps, grâce à sir Hamilton Seymour qui en avait sans doute fort long à dire à l'empereur (Mérimée, Lettres ctessede Montijo, t. 2, 1854, p. 10).V. bêcher2ex. 6.P. métaph. Trois minuscules animaux fétiches tiennent salon, nez à nez, sur ma table à écrire (Colette, Vagab., 1910, p. 79).
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