stairs en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /steːz/ (Australia)
- /steɹz/ (Scotland)
- /ˈstɛɹz/ (General-American)
- /steəz/ (New-Zealand) without the cheer–chair merger
- /ˈstɛəz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /stɜː(ɹ)z/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
- /stiəz/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of stair
form of stair
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(plural, plural-only) A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
There're two cats at the top of the stairs.
At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]
1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools, volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202:We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
Deriveds
I'll go to the foot of my stairs · above-stairs · abovestairs · cyclopean stairs · fire stairs · pair of stairs · witches' stairs · back stairs · understairs · belowstairs · emergency stairs · trap stairs · I'll go to the foot of our stairs · backstairs · Penrose stairs · disappearing stairs · below stairs · above stairs · I'll go to the foot of the stairs · riot stairs
Synonyms
stairway (contiguous set of steps) · staircase (contiguous set of steps)
Translations (139)
af trap (contiguous set of steps) · th บันได (contiguous set of steps) · ka კიბეები (contiguous set of steps) · tl baitang (contiguous set of steps) · gan 樓梯 /楼梯 (contiguous set of steps) · bo སྐས་འཛེགས (contiguous set of steps) · mt taraġ (contiguous set of steps) · ca escala (contiguous set of steps) · ja 階段 (contiguous set of steps) · bg стъ́лба (contiguous set of steps) · pt escada (contiguous set of steps) · tk merdiwan (contiguous set of steps) · mn ᠱᠠᠲᠤ (contiguous set of steps) · sv trappa (contiguous set of steps) · ps ځينه (contiguous set of steps) · oj akwaandawaagan (contiguous set of steps) · egy r-w-d-O40 (contiguous set of steps) · et trepp (contiguous set of steps) · cdo 踏斗 (contiguous set of steps) · hi सोपान (contiguous set of steps) · de Treppe (contiguous set of steps) · vi cầu thang (contiguous set of steps) · hi सीढ़ी (contiguous set of steps) · be ле́свіца (contiguous set of steps) · cdo 樓梯 /楼梯 (contiguous set of steps) · cs schodiště (contiguous set of steps) · hak 樓梯 /楼梯 (contiguous set of steps) · akl hakdan (contiguous set of steps) · kk саты (contiguous set of steps) · ps څپېڅلۍ (contiguous set of steps) · mt tat-turġien (contiguous set of steps) · wuu 樓梯 /楼梯 (contiguous set of steps) · ko 계단 (contiguous set of steps) · yi טרעפּ (contiguous set of steps) · ilo agdan (contiguous set of steps) · ba баҫҡыс (contiguous set of steps) · pam eran (contiguous set of steps) · my လှေကား (contiguous set of steps) · es gradas (contiguous set of steps) · pl schody (contiguous set of steps) · fa-ira پِلِّکان (contiguous set of steps) · hu lépcső (contiguous set of steps) · nn trapp (contiguous set of steps) · bn সোপান (contiguous set of steps) · xdq мичче́р (contiguous set of steps) · hil hagdan (contiguous set of steps) · ar سَلَالِم (contiguous set of steps) · be усхо́ды (contiguous set of steps) · fur scjale (contiguous set of steps) · izh traput (contiguous set of steps) · sl stopnišče (contiguous set of steps) · mk ска́ли (contiguous set of steps) · es escalera (contiguous set of steps) · kok ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲು (contiguous set of steps) · tt баскыч (contiguous set of steps) · tg зинапоя (contiguous set of steps) · ga staighre (contiguous set of steps) · ug پەلەمپەي (contiguous set of steps) · gl esqueira (contiguous set of steps) · sh stepenik (contiguous set of steps) · oc escalièrs (contiguous set of steps) · io eskalero (contiguous set of steps) · wuu 胡梯 (contiguous set of steps) · lo ບັນໄດ (contiguous set of steps) · ru ле́стница (contiguous set of steps) · be ўсхо́ды (contiguous set of steps) · sw ngazi (contiguous set of steps) · sk schody (contiguous set of steps) · tl hagdan (contiguous set of steps) · gl escada (contiguous set of steps) · sq shkallë (contiguous set of steps) · uz narvon (contiguous set of steps) · chr ᎠᎩᏠᏒᏍᏗᎢ (contiguous set of steps) · sk schodisko (contiguous set of steps) · fur sčhale (contiguous set of steps) · hy սանդուղք (contiguous set of steps) · km ជណ្ដើរ (contiguous set of steps) · ceb hagdan (contiguous set of steps) · el σκάλα (contiguous set of steps) · lt laiptinė (contiguous set of steps) · bn সিঁড়ি (contiguous set of steps) · gl escaleira (contiguous set of steps) · nl trap (contiguous set of steps) · cs schody (contiguous set of steps) · sh степѐнице (contiguous set of steps) · sh stepènice (contiguous set of steps) · hnn agdan (contiguous set of steps) · he גֶרֶם מַדרֵגוֹת (contiguous set of steps) · uk схо́ди (contiguous set of steps) · uz zinapoya (contiguous set of steps) · pam sangat (contiguous set of steps) · sh степеник (contiguous set of steps) · nan-hbl 樓梯 /楼梯 (contiguous set of steps) · cy grisiau (contiguous set of steps) · fi portaat (contiguous set of steps) · cmn 樓梯 /楼梯 (contiguous set of steps) · ka საფეხურები (contiguous set of steps) · lv kāpnes (contiguous set of steps) · prs زِینَه (contiguous set of steps) · pag takayan (contiguous set of steps) · ps اندرپايه (contiguous set of steps) · grc ἀναβαθμοί (contiguous set of steps) · az pilləkan (contiguous set of steps) · ckt тыттатъёлгын (contiguous set of steps) · mhn stiag (contiguous set of steps) · tr basamak (contiguous set of steps) · be схо́ды (contiguous set of steps) · mn шат (contiguous set of steps) · mww ntaiv (contiguous set of steps) · tg нардбон (contiguous set of steps) · sh сту̏бӣште (contiguous set of steps) · id tangga (contiguous set of steps) · tr merdiven (contiguous set of steps) · la scālae (contiguous set of steps) · hy աստիճաններ (contiguous set of steps) · ru ступе́ньки (contiguous set of steps) · ms tangga (contiguous set of steps) · yue 樓梯 /楼梯 (contiguous set of steps) · it scala (contiguous set of steps) · rup scarã (contiguous set of steps) · de Stiege (contiguous set of steps) · nb trapp (contiguous set of steps) · ht eskalye (contiguous set of steps) · mnp 樓階 /楼阶 (contiguous set of steps) · da trappe (contiguous set of steps) · sh сте̏пенӣште (contiguous set of steps) · tl hagdanan (contiguous set of steps) · sh stȅpenīšte (contiguous set of steps) · km កាំជណ្ដើរ (contiguous set of steps) · gsw Schtäge (contiguous set of steps) · fr escalier (contiguous set of steps) · ro scară (contiguous set of steps) · is stigi (contiguous set of steps) · ur سِیڑْھی (contiguous set of steps) · sh stȕbīšte (contiguous set of steps) · eo ŝtuparo (contiguous set of steps) · ky саты (contiguous set of steps) · es escalinata (contiguous set of steps) · cjy 樓梯 /楼梯 (contiguous set of steps)