Stair

English

Noun

Stair (plural Stairs)

1. A single step in a staircase.
2. A series of steps, a staircase.

Notes

• Stairs and stair are used to refer to a single staircase, mostly interchangeably in the UK.

Derived terms

terms derived from stair (noun)

above-stairs upstairs downstairs stair-stepping

staircase stairs stairway stairwell

Thesaurus

amount, caliber, compass, cut, degree, doorstep, extent, footrest, footstep, grade, height, interval, leap, level, mark, measure, notch, nuance, pas, peg, period, pitch, plane, plateau, point, proportion, range, ratio, reach, remove, rest, riser, round, rundle, rung, scale, scope, shade, shadow, space, spoke, standard, stave, step, step stool, stepping-stone, stint, string, tread

Etymology

Old English stǣġer

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)
• Homophone: stare

Translations

single step

German: Stufe (de) f., Treppenstufe (de) f. Icelandic: trappa (is), þrep (is)

Norwegian: trinn (no) n. Romanian: treaptă (ro) Scottish Gaelic: staidhre (gd) f. Zazaki: gam

series of steps

Arabic: سلالم (salá:lem) m. Armenian: աստիճաններ (hy) (astič̣anner), սանդուղք (hy) (sanduġk’), (colloquially) փիլաքյան (hy) (p’ilak’yan) Chinese: 樓梯, 楼梯 (lóutī) Danish: trappe (da) Dutch: trap (nl) Finnish: portaikko (fi) French: escalier (fr) German: Treppe (de) f. Greek: σκάλα (el) (skála) f., κλίμακα (el) (klímaka) f. Hungarian: lépcső (hu) Icelandic: stigi (is), tröppur (is) pl., þrep (is) pl.

Italian: scala (it) f. Japanese: 階段 (かいだん, kaidan) Korean: 계단 (gyedan) Macedonian: скала (mk) (skála) f. Norwegian: trapp (no) Portuguese: escada (pt) f. Romanian: scară (ro) Russian: лестница (ru) (léstnitsa) f. Scottish Gaelic: staidhre (gd) f. Spanish: escalera (es) f. Swedish: trappa (sv)

See also

• ladder
• landing

Anagrams

• airts, astir, sitar, stria, tarsi