floor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /flo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- /floʊ/ non-rhotic, dough–door merger, African-American Vernacular
- /floə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- /floɹ/ (Canada, General-American)
- flô (Received-Pronunciation)
- (UK) audio
- flōr rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- /flɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /floː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- flôr (Canada, General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English floor, floour, flor, flore, flour, flur, vlor, from Old English flōr (“floor, pavement; deck; gangplank”), from Proto-West Germanic *flōr, from Proto-Germanic *flōraz (“ground; floor”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂ros (“floor”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognates Cognate with Scots flair, fluir (“floor”), Saterland Frisian Floor (“floor”), Dutch vloer (“floor”), German Flur (“corridor, hall, hallway, stairwell”), Limburgish Vlǫǫr (“floor”), Low German Floor (“hallway or entrance to a house”), Luxembourgish Flouer (“countryside, farmland”); also Breton and Cornish leur (“floor, ground, surface”), Irish lár (“floor, ground”), Scottish Gaelic làr (“earth, floor, ground”), Manx laare (“bottom, deck, floor; level, storey”), Welsh llawr (“floor, ground”), Latin plānus (“even, flat, level”), Greek απαλάμη (apalámi), παλάμη (palámi, “hand, palm”), Albanian pëllëmbë (“palm”), Latgalian pluons (“thin”), Latvian plāns (“thin”), Lithuanian plonas (“fine, slender, thin”), Belarusian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian по́ле (póle, “field”), Bulgarian поле́ (polé, “field”), Czech, Polish, and Slovak pole (“field”), Serbo-Croatian по̏ље, pȍlje (“field”), Slovene polje (“field”), Hittite 𒁄𒄭𒅖 (palḫis, “broad, wide”). Related to flat.
Meanings
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(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:The room has a wooden floor.
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(with a modifier) The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).
The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.
The leaves covering the forest floor provide many hiding-places for small animals.
The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.
Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.
The floor of the cave was covered with white sand that had been washed in by the river.
1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 561:
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(UK, colloquial, dialectal) The ground.
After stepping off the bus, my wallet fell on the floor.
- A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
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The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.
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(countable) A storey/story of a building.
For years we lived on the third floor.
When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
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(broadly) The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?
The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.
- That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
- A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
- The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine.
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The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
The floor of 4.5 is 4.
- An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise
- A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
- A lower limit or minimum on a price or rate, a price floor. Opposite of a cap or ceiling.
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A dance floor.
Open the door, get on the floor / Everybody walk the dinosaur
1987, "Walk the Dinosaur", Was (Not Was)She's a maniac, maniac on the floor / And she's dancing like she never danced before
1983, "Maniac", Michael Sembello and Dennis MatkoskyMeet me on the floor tonight Show me how to move like the water
2025 April 4, Ed Sheeran, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Johnny McDaid, Savan Kotecha, “Azizam”, in Play, performed by Ed Sheeran:
- The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition.
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The area of a casino where gambling occurs.
At each table stood a young, slim, poker-faced croupier serving the punters who anxiously watched the turning of the cards. The next two floors were similar though not quite as spectacular and the stakes were lower.
2004, Tim Hatton, Tock Tock Birds: A Spider in the Web of International Terrorism, page 284:
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The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers.
The conference started as an impromptu session in the coffee shop this morning when waitresses walked off the floor rather than serve four Negro men and women delegates.
1947 March 18, U.S. Government Printing Office, Proceedings and Debates of the Congress, Eightieth Congress, First Session, page 2206:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| floors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
cross the floor · mezzanine floor · floorplate · floor pillow · floor plan · floorlet · floorperson · floorwards · nonfloor · floor-filling · thrashing floor · floor temperature challenge · price floor · ocean floor · skill floor · wipe the floor · trading floor · second floor · floorhead · floorpan · floorcare · pick oneself up off the floor · floorer · floor mat · house floor · have the floor · floor box · Marley floor · floorage · walk the floor · showfloor · ground-floor · cornfloor · floor-through · four on the floor · floor puzzle · pelvic floor · floorway · floorball · floorgrip · drill floor · pull up a floor · tear up the dance floor · malt floor · floorlike · threshing-floor · floor plan lending · sales floor · floorplanning · floor broker · first floor · floor lamp · give the floor · sea-floor spreading · floor trader · floor-length · floorwise · floor show · noise floor · deck floor · floorful · floorhand · floorwalking · thrashing-floor · floormate · upfloor · valley floor · earth-floor · floorcloth · summer floor · floor heating · selling floor · dance floor · refloor · floorless · floorcovering · top floor · underfloor · seafloor · on the cutting room floor · floorward · shiny-floor · floorcest · midfloor · floordrobe · floor exercise · floor model · floor space · hit the floor · floor hockey · floorboard · living floor · floorset · floor effect · floortime · floor general · four-on-the-floor · floor manager · the floor is lava · floormat · floor one could eat off · ground floor · floorwork · wipe the floor with someone · floor-walker · floor it · open floor plan · floorwoman · Four Floors of Whores · floor cloth · office floor plate · on the floor · floorshow · thirteenth floor · subfloor · through the floor · nightingale floor · multifloor · mop the floor with someone · shop floor · floor cramp · threshing floor · rooted to the floor · back to the floor · floor-to-ceiling · take the floor · hold the floor · floor-friendly · floor light · floor function · low-floor · earth floor · floor trading · floor piano · floorspace · floor-filler · four-to-the-floor · barnfloor · 4-on-the-floor · floorman · killing floor · floor tile
Hyponyms
earth floor · parquet · first floor · ground floor · hearth · nightingale floor
Meronyms
floorplate · floor box · planching · drugget · floorcloth · vinyl composition tile · wellhole · floor safe · carpet · trapdoor · floorboard · floorcovering · floor tile · pugging · tatami · linoleum · underlay · plank · joist · fire block · deafening · tile · corticine · wood carpet
Relateds
floorspace · flooring · floorage · mezzanine · straight-joint
Synonyms
flight · ground · flooring · possession (right to speak) · floor
Translations (298)
fi maanpinta (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · de Stockwerk (horizontal structure dividing a building) · eo etaĝo (horizontal structure dividing a building) · tg фарш (bottom part of a room) · bua шала (bottom part of a room) · he רִצְפָה (bottom part of a room) · pam lande (bottom part of a room) · et sõna (right to speak) · fa-ira فَرْش (bottom part of a room) · pt chão (bottom part of a room) · el δάπεδο (bottom part of a room) · haw papahele (bottom part of a room) · es piso (horizontal structure dividing a building) · yi פּאָל (bottom part of a room) · grc ἔδαφος (bottom part of a room) · fi tanner (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · tr taban (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · enm flor (horizontal structure dividing a building) · hu föld (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · de Boden (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · ar أَرْض (bottom part of a room) · sk dlážka (bottom part of a room) · fi permanto (gymnastics event) · ba иҙән (bottom part of a room) · lt grindys (bottom part of a room) · ar طَابِق (horizontal structure dividing a building) · hrx Boddem (bottom part of a room) · ru пове́рхность (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · es palabra (right to speak) · fi kamara (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · tl misla (bottom part of a room) · lad סואילו (bottom part of a room) · lod taca (bottom part of a room) · ota دوشهمه (bottom part of a room) · bg под (bottom part of a room) · to faliki (bottom part of a room) · ur زَمِین (bottom part of a room) · ky пол (bottom part of a room) · hy հատակ (bottom part of a room) · dtp rinantai (Tambunan Dusun) (bottom part of a room) · izh maa (bottom part of a room) · bsy saliau (bottom part of a room) · hwc floor (bottom part of a room) · el έδρανα (part of the house assigned to the members of a legislative assembly) · ms lantai (bottom part of a room) · bn মেঝে (bottom part of a room) · nan-hbl 塗跤 /涂跤 (bottom part of a room) · hi ज़मीन (bottom part of a room) · nrf solais (bottom part of a room) · ar أَرْضِيَّة (bottom part of a room) · unm pxasikaon (bottom part of a room) · niv п'ал (bottom part of a room) · el έδρανο (part of the house assigned to the members of a legislative assembly) · sk podlaha (bottom part of a room) · az zəmin (bottom part of a room) · hu emelet (horizontal structure dividing a building) · hi फ़र्श (bottom part of a room) · ru сло́во (right to speak) · io pavimento (bottom part of a room) · hu talaj (gymnastics: floor-like carpeted surface) · ru эта́ж (horizontal structure dividing a building) · gl chan (bottom part of a room) · fr plancher (bottom part of a room) · cs podlaha (bottom part of a room) · cmn 地板 (bottom part of a room) · nn golv (bottom part of a room) · fr partie entière (mathematics: the largest integer less than or equal to a given number) · fi korkolattia (finance: lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan) · bg земя́ (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · hil salug (bottom part of a room) · tih sulig (bottom part of a room) · la solum (bottom part of a room) · de Turnboden (gymnastics: floor-like carpeted surface) · de Boden (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · yue 地板 (bottom part of a room) · de Grund (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · fi sana (right to speak) · es planta (part of the house assigned to the members of a legislative assembly) · id lantai (bottom part of a room) · de Floor (finance: lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan) · yi דנאָ (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · sh по̏д (bottom part of a room) · fi lattia (bottom part of a room) · be паве́рх (horizontal structure dividing a building) · gl tona (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · orv полъ (bottom part of a room) · kqr rinantai (bottom part of a room) · az yer (bottom part of a room) · gd làr (bottom part of a room) · hu padló (bottom part of a room) · ang flet (bottom part of a room) · cv урай (bottom part of a room) · de Decke (horizontal structure dividing a building) · kqr lapik (bottom part of a room) · ro planșeu (bottom part of a room) · mel latai (bottom part of a room) · hu fenék (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · kk еден (bottom part of a room) · de Fußboden (bottom part of a room) · el πυθμένας (supporting surface of a structure) · fi permanto (bottom part of a room) · nb gulv (bottom part of a room) · lv grīda (bottom part of a room) · dtr suliu (bottom part of a room) · sl pod (bottom part of a room) · de Abrundungswert (mathematics: the largest integer less than or equal to a given number) · lo ພື້ນ (bottom part of a room) · tg фарши хона (bottom part of a room) · mk под (bottom part of a room) · sc pomentu (bottom part of a room) · oj michisag (bottom part of a room) · de Boden (bottom part of a room) · es suelo (bottom part of a room) · he קַרְקַע (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · sh pȍd (bottom part of a room) · pl ląd (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · it pavimento (bottom part of a room) · dng диха (bottom part of a room) · mvv pantalon (bottom part of a room) · ja 床 (bottom part of a room) · sc pamentu (bottom part of a room) · dng банди (bottom part of a room) · fr étage (horizontal structure dividing a building) · pt andar (horizontal structure dividing a building) · tr kat (horizontal structure dividing a building) · fi puheenvuoro (right to speak) · my ကြမ်း (bottom part of a room) · es suelo (horizontal structure dividing a building) · ka იატაკი (bottom part of a room) · be падло́га (bottom part of a room) · uk дно (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · enm flor (bottom part of a room) · tk pol (bottom part of a room) · fi pohja (nautical: near-horizontal part of the bottom of a vessel) · kri flɔ (bottom part of a room) · drg rinantai (bottom part of a room) · jv jogan (bottom part of a room) · de Mindestzinssatz (finance: lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan) · fr fond (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · tt идән (bottom part of a room) · pl dno (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · hi तल (bottom part of a room) · da ord (right to speak) · be дно (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · yi בריק (bottom part of a room) · de Geschossdecke (horizontal structure dividing a building) · tl sahig (bottom part of a room) · hi भूतल (bottom part of a room) · hu szint (horizontal structure dividing a building) · fa-ira کَفِ زَمین (bottom part of a room) · de Plattform (supporting surface of a structure) · hi तल (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · ko 바닥 (bottom part of a room) · de Deckenkonstruktion (horizontal structure dividing a building) · fi sali (part of the house assigned to the members of a legislative assembly) · pt assoalho (bottom part of a room) · yi דיל (bottom part of a room) · dbj assar (bottom part of a room) · gd ùrlar (horizontal structure dividing a building) · sv ord (right to speak) · uz pol (bottom part of a room) · cic akka' (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · fi lattia (mining: bottom of a pit, pothole or mine) · lad suelo (bottom part of a room) · ga urlár (bottom part of a room) · ca sòl (bottom part of a room) · ur بُھوتَل (bottom part of a room) · ru пол (mathematics: the largest integer less than or equal to a given number) · az döşəmə (bottom part of a room) · fa-ira کَف (bottom part of a room) · gld палан (bottom part of a room) · mk па́тос (bottom part of a room) · ru дно (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · chr ᎠᏲᏓᏝᎲᎢ (bottom part of a room) · de Plenarsaal (part of the house assigned to the members of a legislative assembly) · drg pallampag (bottom part of a room) · kri grɔn (bottom part of a room) · enm flor (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · oc sòl (bottom part of a room) · th พื้น (bottom part of a room) · fi alas pyöristetty luku (mathematics: the largest integer less than or equal to a given number) · et vahelagi (horizontal structure dividing a building) · ur فَرْش (bottom part of a room) · ja 床関数 (mathematics: the largest integer less than or equal to a given number) · bg су́ша (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · fo gólv (bottom part of a room) · pl podłoga (bottom part of a room) · vi sàn (bottom part of a room) · pl piętro (horizontal structure dividing a building) · ca terra (bottom part of a room) · hi तल (horizontal structure dividing a building) · is gólf (bottom part of a room) · ang flōr (bottom part of a room) · bg повъ́рхност (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · kri dɛk (bottom part of a room) · gl andar (horizontal structure dividing a building) · de Börsensaal (area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition) · de Abrundungsbetrag (mathematics: the largest integer less than or equal to a given number) · akl saeog (bottom part of a room) · ru су́ша (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · eo planko (bottom part of a room) · el πάτωμα (bottom part of a room) · sq lëmë f dysheme (bottom part of a room) · bg ду́ма (right to speak) · fi lattia (area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition) · ru насти́л (supporting surface of a structure) · ast pisu (bottom part of a room) · fr sol (bottom part of a room) · fr face inférieure (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · alt пол (bottom part of a room) · de Wort (right to speak) · tr yer (bottom part of a room) · mel bebat (bottom part of a room) · he קרקע (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · ill lantai (bottom part of a room) · de Land (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · ceb salog (bottom part of a room) · he אַסְקֻפָּה (nautical: near-horizontal part of the bottom of a vessel) · tr zemin (bottom part of a room) · fa-ira صَحْن (part of the house assigned to the members of a legislative assembly) · tsg lantay (bottom part of a room) · de Schiffsboden (nautical: near-horizontal part of the bottom of a vessel) · de Erdoberfläche (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · km តលភូមិ (bottom part of a room) · cmn 樓板 /楼板 (bottom part of a room) · el πάτωμα (horizontal structure dividing a building) · az mərtəbə (horizontal structure dividing a building) · gd ùrlar (bottom part of a room) · el όροφος (horizontal structure dividing a building) · et täisosa (mathematics: the largest integer less than or equal to a given number) · de Decke (supporting surface of a structure) · pt piso (bottom part of a room) · cs dolní celá část (mathematics: the largest integer less than or equal to a given number) · xmf პოლი (bottom part of a room) · he רִצְפָּה (bottom part of a room) · fi kokonaislukuosa (mathematics: the largest integer less than or equal to a given number) · uk підло́га (bottom part of a room) · sw sakafu (bottom part of a room) · sl tla (bottom part of a room) · sh па̀тос (bottom part of a room) · de Mindestsatz (finance: lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan) · mnc ᡶᠠᠯᠠᠨ (bottom part of a room) · fi pohja (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · ru пол (bottom part of a room) · vi nền (bottom part of a room) · esu nateq (bottom part of a room) · bn তল (bottom part of a room) · de Redezeit (right to speak) · bdr dasar (bottom part of a room) · ru земля́ (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · sa भूतल (bottom part of a room) · de Sohle (mining: bottom of a pit, pothole or mine) · uk по́верх (horizontal structure dividing a building) · de Haus (part of the house assigned to the members of a legislative assembly) · alt такта (bottom part of a room) · gl piso (bottom part of a room) · yi ערד (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · ltg greida (bottom part of a room) · fi välipohja (horizontal structure dividing a building) · bg дъ́но (lower inside surface of a hollow space) · cy llawr (bottom part of a room) · de Rederecht (right to speak) · de Erdboden (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · hu szó (right to speak) · emb saran (bottom part of a room) · gl piso (horizontal structure dividing a building) · fi kansi (supporting surface of a structure) · cic akka' (bottom part of a room) · de Fußbodenbelag (bottom part of a room) · es piso (bottom part of a room) · ckt нотайкоч (bottom part of a room) · hu talajgyakorlat (gymnastics event) · bg осно́ва (supporting surface of a structure) · pa ਫਰਸ਼ (bottom part of a room) · yi פּאָדלאָגע (bottom part of a room) · da gulv (bottom part of a room) · fr parole (right to speak) · de Bodenbelag (bottom part of a room) · de Mindestpreis (finance: lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan) · kw leur (bottom part of a room) · pl ziemia (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground) · et põrand (bottom part of a room) · fi alapohja (mining: horizontal, flat ore body; rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit) · sh pàtos (bottom part of a room) · grc δάπεδον (bottom part of a room) · mn ᠱᠠᠯᠠ (bottom part of a room) · mt art (bottom part of a room) · fi permanto (gymnastics: floor-like carpeted surface) · nb golv (bottom part of a room) · mba saug (bottom part of a room) · ast suelu (bottom part of a room) · mn шал (bottom part of a room) · unm pahsikaxkw (bottom part of a room) · se láhtti (bottom part of a room) · ro podea (bottom part of a room) · nl vloer (bottom part of a room) · fi lattia (finance: lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan) · sv golv (bottom part of a room)