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storey en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈstɔː.ɹɪ/ (UK)
• /ˈstoːɹɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈstɔɹ.i/ (US)
• /ˈstɔː.ɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English story, via Medieval Latin historia (“narrative, illustraton, frieze”) from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”). The current sense arose from narrative friezes on upper levels of medieval buildings, esp. churches. Doublet of story and history. An alternative etymology derives Middle English story from Old French *estoree (“a thing built, building”), from estoree (“built”), feminine past participle of estorer (“to build”), from Latin instaurare (“to construct, build, erect”), but this seems unlikely since historia already had the meaning "storey of a building" in Anglo-Latin.

Meanings

1. A floor or level of a building or ship.
   • Each of the succeeding stories should be furnished in the same manner, with the platforms directly above one another, to afford protection against loose materials falling upon the man at the pump. If the water is wanted in the second storey, open the ejection pipe and cock below, shut the cock above, and direct the ejection pipe to where it is wanted. 1825, W. S., “Plan for Extinguishing Fire & Protecting Buildings”, in The Glasgow Mechanics’ Magazine; and Annals of Philosophy, volume II, Glasgow: W R. M‘Phun, […], page 277, column 1:
   • This was the era of the polykatoikia, the apartment block built of unadorned concrete and typically five or six storeys high. 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 307:
   • a multi-storey car park
   • For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.
   • It was re-built in the year 1659, and conſiſts of two ſtories of aſhler work.—The loweſt, or ground flat, on each ſide of the main gate, is occupied by ſhops, and in the ſecond ſtorey, a range of large windows, with triangular pediments, give light to the Hall. 1798, James Denholm, The History of the City of Glasgow and Suburbs: Compiled from Authentic Records and Other Respectable Authorities. […], 2nd edition, Glasgow: […] R. Chapman, and Stewart and Meikle, page 112:
   • Let the ſtreet be 100 feet in breadth, from front to front; ſunk ſtorey, from front to paliſade, 10 feet; breadth of pavement, 8 feet; the height of the houſe 2 ſtories, 15 feet each, from floor to floor; […] 1805, George Douglass, The Art of Drawing in Perspective, from Mathematical Principles; […], Edinburgh: […] Mundell and Son, and John Anderson, […]; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, and T. Ostell, […], page 66:
2. A vertical level in certain letters, such as a and g.
   • The IPA symbol for a voiced velar stop is the single-storey , not the double-storey
3. (obsolete) A building; an edifice.

Forms

Coordinates

deck

Deriveds

upper storey · overstorey · two-storey g · second-storey man · two-storey a · multi-storey · storeyed · second-storey worker · midstorey

Relateds

Storey in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Synonyms

floor · level

Translations (183)

tr kat (floor, level) · ce этаж (floor, level) · yi עטאַזש (floor, level) · vot jätaži (floor, level) · sh ка̏т (floor, level) · ro etaj (floor, level) · hu emelet (floor, level) · cs patro (floor, level) · vi tầng (floor, level) · kaa qabat (floor, level) · la tabulātum (floor, level) · uz etaj (floor, level) · ru эта́ж (floor, level) · ms aras (floor, level) · ka იარუსი (floor, level) · mt sular (floor, level) · hy հարկ (floor, level) · ps پوړ (floor, level) · de Stock (floor, level) · es planta (floor, level) · bn তলা (floor, level) · ota قات (floor, level) · he דְּיוֹטָה (floor, level) · yue 層 /层 (floor, level) · cmn 樓 /楼 (floor, level) · de Stockwerk (floor, level) · hak 層 /层 (floor, level) · nn etasje (floor, level) · ovd wåningg (floor, level) · mr मजला (floor, level) · pl piętro (floor, level) · el πάτωμα (floor, level) · tl patong (floor, level) · id lantai (floor, level) · uk по́верх (floor, level) · ru я́рус (floor, level) · yi גאָרן (floor, level) · cdo 層 /层 (floor, level) · mn давхар (floor, level) · es piso (floor, level) · sq kat (floor, level) · ru у́ровень (floor, level) · pt andar (floor, level) · cv хут (floor, level) · lo ປະຕຸລາ (floor, level) · sk poschodie (floor, level) · it livello (floor, level) · yue 樓 /楼 (floor, level) · fo hædd (floor, level) · koi сувда (floor, level) · fa-ira اُشْکوب (floor, level) · krc къат (floor, level) · kk қабат (floor, level) · tk mertebe (floor, level) · ar طَابَق (floor, level) · bn তালা (floor, level) · nl verdieping (floor, level) · ary طَابق (floor, level) · pl kondygnacja (floor, level) · crh qat (floor, level) · haw papa (floor, level) · arz دور (floor, level) · bn তল (floor, level) · he קוֹמָה (floor, level) · mn ᠳᠠᠪᠬᠤᠷ (floor, level) · ky этаж (floor, level) · slr sıŋ (floor, level) · sw sakafu (floor, level) · sh спра̏т (floor, level) · za caengz (floor, level) · te అంతస్తు (floor, level) · rm auzada (floor, level) · izh kerta (floor, level) · tk etaž (floor, level) · el όροφος (floor, level) · pt piso (floor, level) · ur مَنْزِل (floor, level) · se geardi (floor, level) · hsb etaža (floor, level) · lo ຊັ້ນ (floor, level) · gu માળ (floor, level) · kmr qat (floor, level) · mhr этаж (floor, level) · cmn 層 /层 (floor, level) · bg ета́ж (floor, level) · tk gat (floor, level) · ca pis (floor, level) · cmn 樓層 /楼层 (floor, level) · de Etage (floor, level) · ky катар (floor, level) · cs etáž (floor, level) · lo ຖ້ານ (floor, level) · tg қабат (floor, level) · os уӕладзыг (floor, level) · nb etasje (floor, level) · dng цынзы (floor, level) · fi kerros (floor, level) · gl planta (floor, level) · ga urlár (floor, level) · da sal (floor, level) · kmr tebeq (floor, level) · es nivel (floor, level) · bg кат (floor, level) · yi שטאָק (floor, level) · ml നില (floor, level) · th ชั้น (floor, level) · et korrus (floor, level) · cy llawr (floor, level) · am ፎቅ (floor, level) · af verdieping (floor, level) · de Geschoss (floor, level) · sh sprȁt (floor, level) · enm flor (floor, level) · cs podlaží (floor, level) · ka სართული (floor, level) · km ជាន់ (floor, level) · prs طَبَقَه (floor, level) · ky кабат (floor, level) · be паве́рх (floor, level) · pl poziom (floor, level) · ko 층 (floor, level) · nog шарлак (floor, level) · slr xat (floor, level) · da etage (floor, level) · fr étage (floor, level) · nl verdiep (floor, level) · kk қатар (floor, level) · tg ошёна (floor, level) · ary طبقة (floor, level) · hu szint (floor, level) · ms tingkat (floor, level) · ug قەۋەت (floor, level) · ga stór (floor, level) · ro nivel (floor, level) · slr qat (floor, level) · ckt ярапытвын (floor, level) · az mərtəbə (floor, level) · is hæð (floor, level) · sk podlažie (floor, level) · mnp 層 /层 (floor, level) · ba ҡат (floor, level) · ur طَبَقَہ (floor, level) · sh kȁt (floor, level) · ti ደርቢ (floor, level) · mk спрат (floor, level) · uz qavat (floor, level) · lb Stack (floor, level) · gl piso (floor, level) · ba этаж (floor, level) · ps طبقه (floor, level) · nl etage (floor, level) · sl etaža (floor, level) · eo etaĝo (floor, level) · sv våning (floor, level) · mhr пачаш (floor, level) · gl andar (floor, level) · id tingkat (floor, level) · fr niveau (floor, level) · enm stage (floor, level) · my အထပ် (floor, level) · ar طَبَقَة (floor, level) · rm plaun (floor, level) · lo ພູມ (floor, level) · lv stāvs (floor, level) · ja 階 (floor, level) · hsb poschod (floor, level) · tt кат (floor, level) · sl nadstropje (floor, level) · fa-ira طَبَقِه (floor, level) · hi तल (floor, level) · mk кат (floor, level) · az qat (floor, level) · sq patomë (floor, level) · ar دَوْر (floor, level) · dng цын (floor, level) · wuu 層 /层 (floor, level) · si මහල් (floor, level) · ug ئېتاژ (floor, level) · ast nivel (floor, level) · lt aukštas (floor, level) · dsb nastwark (floor, level) · it piano (floor, level) · fa-ira اُشْکوبِه (floor, level)