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downstairs en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /daʊnˈstɜː(ɹ)z/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • /daʊnˈsteːz/ (Australia)
  • /daʊnˈsteɹz/ (Scotland)
  • /daʊnˈsteəz/ (New-Zealand) without the cheer–chair merger
  • /daʊnˈstiəz/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
  • /daʊnˈstɛɹz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /daʊnˈstɛəz/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English down- Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair Middle English -es English -s English downstairs From down- + stair + -s.

Meanings

  1. Located on a lower floor.
    • The kids sleep in the downstairs bedroom; we sleep in the upstairs one.
  2. Originating in or associated with a lower, embedded clause, as opposed to the matrix clause.
    • In referring to the conditions under which an upstairs negation can be associated with the lower clause, rather than the conditions under which a downstairs negative can be raised, I have tacitly endorsed the semantic or pragmatic approach to the NRP, without having dispelled the problems posed by the intra- and cross-linguistic variation in the selection of trigger predicates. 1989, Laurence R. Horn, chapter 5, in A Natural History of Negation, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 330:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
further downstairs Degree=Cmp lexicographic
farther downstairs Degree=Cmp lexicographic
farthest downstairs Degree=Sup lexicographic
furthest downstairs Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

upstairs-downstairs

Translations (8)

hu földszinti (downstairs (adjective); a floor lower than the current one) · pl na dole (downstairs (adjective); a floor lower than the current one) · fr en bas (downstairs (adjective); a floor lower than the current one) · ja 階下 (downstairs (adjective); a floor lower than the current one) · ota آشاغی (downstairs (adjective); a floor lower than the current one) · fi alakerta (downstairs (adjective); a floor lower than the current one) · hu lenti (downstairs (adjective); a floor lower than the current one) · ko 아래층 (downstairs (adjective); a floor lower than the current one)

downstairs en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /daʊnˈstɜː(ɹ)z/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • /daʊnˈsteːz/ (Australia)
  • /daʊnˈsteɹz/ (Scotland)
  • /daʊnˈsteəz/ (New-Zealand) without the cheer–chair merger
  • /daʊnˈstiəz/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
  • /daʊnˈstɛɹz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /daʊnˈstɛəz/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English down- Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair Middle English -es English -s English downstairs From down- + stair + -s.

Meanings

  1. Down the stairs.
    • The lodger lives downstairs.
    • I have to walk downstairs to leave the building.
  2. (figuratively) In or to hell.
  3. (euphemistic, slang) Regarding the genitalia.
    • something wrong downstairs
  4. In or to a lower, embedded clause, as opposed to the matrix clause.
    • Given that all English speakers conventionally use verbs like think and suppose so as to transmit their negation downstairs, while only some speakers operate with the analogous convention for guess, and none do for hope, the distribution of polarity until follows accordingly: […] 1989, Laurence R. Horn, chapter 5, in A Natural History of Negation, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 346:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
further downstairs Degree=Cmp lexicographic
furthest downstairs Degree=Sup lexicographic
farther downstairs Degree=Cmp lexicographic
farthest downstairs Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (51)

hu a földszinten (downstairs (adverb)) · cmn 樓下 /楼下 (downstairs (adverb)) · eo en la malsupra etaĝo (downstairs (adverb)) · id lantai bawah (downstairs (adverb)) · vo dono (downstairs (adverb)) · cy i lawr y grisiau (downstairs (adverb)) · ru внизу́ (downstairs (adverb)) · pl na dole (downstairs (adverb)) · de treppab (downstairs (adverb)) · it di sotto (downstairs (adverb)) · pt embaixo (downstairs (adverb)) · ga thíos an staighre (downstairs (adverb)) · fi alakerrassa (downstairs (adverb)) · ru на ни́жнем этаже́ (downstairs (adverb)) · de unten (downstairs (adverb)) · hu lent (downstairs (adverb)) · ca escala avall (downstairs (adverb)) · cy i lawr y staer (downstairs (adverb)) · ang niþre (downstairs (adverb)) · lv lejup (downstairs (adverb)) · ca a baix (downstairs (adverb)) · eo malsupre (downstairs (adverb)) · de treppabwärts (downstairs (adverb)) · nap abbascio (downstairs (adverb)) · ota آشاغی (downstairs (adverb)) · fa طبقهٔ پایین (downstairs (adverb)) · cy lawr llawr (downstairs (adverb)) · su landeh (downstairs (adverb)) · fi alakertaan (downstairs (adverb)) · ga síos an staighre (downstairs (adverb)) · ko 아래층에 (downstairs (adverb)) · fr au-dessous (downstairs (adverb)) · de nach unten (downstairs (adverb)) · it giù (downstairs (adverb)) · ru на ни́жний эта́ж (downstairs (adverb)) · bg надо́лу (downstairs (adverb)) · fr en bas (downstairs (adverb)) · ru вниз (downstairs (adverb)) · ja 階下 (downstairs (adverb)) · bg до́лу (downstairs (adverb)) · es abajo (downstairs (adverb)) · lv apakšējā stāvā (downstairs (adverb)) · nrf à bas (downstairs (adverb)) · ang niþer (downstairs (adverb)) · lv lejā (downstairs (adverb)) · pl na dół (downstairs (adverb)) · hu lenn (downstairs (adverb)) · ko 아래층으로 (downstairs (adverb)) · nl beneden (downstairs (adverb)) · dsb dołojce (downstairs (adverb)) · eo subŝtupare (downstairs (adverb))

downstairs en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /daʊnˈstɜː(ɹ)z/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • /daʊnˈsteːz/ (Australia)
  • /daʊnˈsteɹz/ (Scotland)
  • /daʊnˈsteəz/ (New-Zealand) without the cheer–chair merger
  • /daʊnˈstiəz/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
  • /daʊnˈstɛɹz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /daʊnˈstɛəz/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English down- Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair Middle English -es English -s English downstairs From down- + stair + -s.

Meanings

  1. The lower floor of a house, at ground level, or sometimes below.
    • We looked over the house; downstairs was spacious, but upstairs really cramped.
  2. The lower floor of a house, at ground level, or sometimes below. ▸ In particular, especially historically, the servants’ quarters.
    • The family tried to ignore gossip from downstairs.
    • Now the two of them rattled around in the old house, even with his office and small clinic sharing the downstairs with the kitchen, parlor, and dining room. 1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices:
  3. (euphemistic, slang) The genitalia.
    • The wind lifted up her skirt and I caught a glimpse of her downstairs.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
downstairs Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

upstairs

Translations (4)

it giù (the genitalia) · it di sotto (the genitalia) · fr en bas (the genitalia) · fi alapää (the genitalia)