stairway en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsteəwæɪ/ without the cheer–chair merger
- /ˈstɛəweɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈstɛɹweɪ/ (General-American)
- /ˈstɜː(ɹ)weː/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
- /ˈstiəwæɪ/ cheer–chair merger
- /ˈsteɾwe/ (Scotland)
- (US) audio
- /ˈstɛːwei/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
- /ˈstɛːwɛj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈsteːwæɪ/ (Australia)
Etymology
stair + way
Meanings
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A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.
Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway,[…].
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stairways | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (43)
de Treppe (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · cmn 樓梯 /楼梯 (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · es escalera (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · fr escalier (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · ka კიბე (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · sk schody (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · ru ле́стничный марш (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · cs schodiště (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · egy r-w-d-O40 (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · km ជណ្ដើរ (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · fi portaat (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · pam eran (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · it scalinata (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · oj akwaandawaagan (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · hy փիլաքյան (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · es escalinata (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · gl escaleiras (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · ba баҫҡыс (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · ja 階段 (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · eo ŝtuparo (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · et trepp (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · hu lépcső (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · vi lan can (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · de Stiege (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · hu lépcsősor (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · ota نردبان (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · el σκάλα (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · it gradinata (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · pt escadaria (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · tr merdiven (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · fi rappuset (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · gd staidhre (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · eu eskailera (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · el κλιμακοστάσιο (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · hy աստիճաններ (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · bg стъ́лбище (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · ru ле́стница (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · hy սանդուղք (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · mhn stiag (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · aht ukʼenaʼsghidełi (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · es gradas (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · sh stȅpenīšte (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) · sh stȕbīšte (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)