staircase en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree 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 English case English staircase From stair + case.
Meanings
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A flight of stairs; a stairway.
I was on the staircase by the bell / Blinded by the black magician's spell
2011, “13 Candles”, performed by Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats:
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A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.
Oliver immediately gets a 'guided tour, Felix wheeling through libraries and endless colour-coded rooms, up and down staircases and along echoing halls where various "dead relly[s]" stare down from the walls.
2023 November 13, Rosalind Jana, “Saltburn and the bizarre life of Britain's stately homes”, in BBC:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 1: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:
- A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stair-case | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| staircases | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
staircasing · helical staircase · moving staircase · staircaselike · devil's staircase · spiral staircase · staircase lock · staircase wit · everlasting staircase · Penrose staircase
Translations (132)
tg зина (stairway) · ro casa scării (stairway) · gan 樓梯 /楼梯 (stairway) · uk схо́ди (stairway) · it scalinata (stairway) · sh сте̏пенӣште (stairway) · ur سِیڑھی (stairway) · nb trapp (stairway) · hi सोपान (stairway) · az pilləkən (stairway) · sq shkallë (stairway) · ar سُلَّم (stairway) · fa-ira پِلِّکان (stairway) · sv trappa (stairway) · my လှေကား (stairway) · ja 階 (stairway) · nan-hbl 樓梯 /楼梯 (stairway) · cs schody (stairway) · nrf montée (stairway) · gu જીનો (stairway) · be усхо́ды (stairway) · prs زِینَه (stairway) · ur زِینَہ (stairway) · ga staighre (stairway) · ba баҫҡыс (stairway) · st ditepisi (stairway) · fr escalier (stairway) · nl trappenhuis (stairway) · arz سلم (stairway) · nrf d'gré (stairway) · hu lépcsőház (stairway) · tg пиллакон (stairway) · lt laiptinė (stairway) · eo ŝtuparo (stairway) · ka კიბე (stairway) · ro scară (stairway) · as খটখটী (stairway) · km ជណ្ដើរ (stairway) · ru ле́стничная кле́тка (stairway) · alt тепкиш (stairway) · fi portaat (stairway) · es escalera (stairway) · hy սանդուղք (stairway) · hi सीढ़ी (stairway) · uz zinapoya (stairway) · ota نردبان (stairway) · th บันได (stairway) · it tromba delle scale (stairway) · he מַדְרֵגוֹת (stairway) · ne भर्याङ (stairway) · lt laiptai (stairway) · egy r-w-d-O40 (stairway) · io eskalero (stairway) · lv kāpnes (stairway) · ps زينه (stairway) · ar دَرَج (stairway) · es escalinata (stairway) · th กระได (stairway) · be ўсхо́ды (stairway) · cmn 樓梯 /楼梯 (stairway) · es escalera fija (stairway) · sk schodisko (stairway) · de Treppe (stairway) · ta மாடிப்படி (stairway) · hak 樓梯 /楼梯 (stairway) · vi cầu thang (stairway) · tk merdiwan (stairway) · da trappe (stairway) · mn шат (stairway) · yue 樓梯 /楼梯 (stairway) · kk басқыш (stairway) · gd staidhre (stairway) · nah tlamamatlatl (stairway) · cjy 樓梯 /楼梯 (stairway) · is stigi (stairway) · la scalaria (stairway) · mk ска́лиште (stairway) · ru ле́стница (stairway) · af trappe (stairway) · uk сходо́ва клі́тка (stairway) · bn সোপান (stairway) · alt баскыш (stairway) · ca escala (stairway) · pl klatka schodowa (stairway) · tr merdiven (stairway) · ky шаты (stairway) · ky баскыч (stairway) · pl schody (stairway) · be схо́ды (stairway) · ar بَيْتُ الدَّرَج (stairway) · ky тепкич (stairway) · mi arakaupae (stairway) · nrf êcalyi (stairway) · be ле́свіца (stairway) · bg стъ́лбище (stairway) · ko 계단 (stairway) · ug پەلەمپەي (stairway) · uz shoti (stairway) · ia scala (stairway) · lo ກະໄດ (stairway) · et trepp (stairway) · nl trap (stairway) · lo ບັນໄດ (stairway) · cs schodiště (stairway) · kk саты (stairway) · de Stiege (stairway) · be ле́сьвіца (stairway) · es gradas (stairway) · de Treppenhaus (stairway) · sl stopnišče (stairway) · tg нардбон (stairway) · uz narvon (stairway) · pt escadaria (stairway) · cdo 樓梯 /楼梯 (stairway) · el σκάλα (stairway) · fi portaikko (stairway) · nn trapp (stairway) · lb Trap (stairway) · tg зинапоя (stairway) · sh сту̏бӣште (stairway) · tt баскыч (stairway) · taa xonotr'ededek xw (stairway) · arz بير السلم (stairway) · sh stȕbīšte (stairway) · lo ຂັ້ນໄດ (stairway) · gu સોપાન (stairway) · gu દાદરો (stairway) · tl hagdanan (stairway) · el κλιμακοστάσιο (stairway) · uz zina (stairway) · sh stȅpenīšte (stairway) · ja 階段 (stairway)