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Meaning of stairs | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈstɛəz

Definitions

  1. A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
    plural, plural-only
  2. plural of Stair
  3. staircase, stairway
  4. ladder
  5. straight

Equivalents

Afrikaans trap
Беларуская ле́свіца схо́ды
Български стълба
বাংলা সিডি
བོད་སྐད སྐས་འཛེགས
Bosanski basamak
Català escala
Čeština schodiště schody
Cymraeg grisiau
Dansk trappe
Deutsch Aufgang Staffel Stiege Treppe
Ελληνικά κλίμακα σκάλα
Esperanto ŝtuparo
Español escalera escaleras escalinata gradas
Eesti trepp
Suomi porras portaat
Français escalier
Gaeilge staighre
हिन्दी सीढ़ी
Hrvatski basamak
Magyar lépcső
Bahasa Indonesia jenjang tangga
Íslenska stigi
Italiano scala
日本語 段々 階段
Қазақша саты
한국어 계단 디대
Latina scala scalae
Lietuvių láiptinė
Latviešu kāpnes
Te Reo Māori araheke arapiki arawhata
Македонски скали
Монгол шат
Bahasa Melayu tangga
Malti taraġ
မြန်မာဘာသာ လှေကား
Nederlands trap
Português escada
Română scară
සිංහල පඩිය
Slovenčina schody
Slovenščina stopnišče
Shqip shkallë
Српски basamak
Kiswahili ngazi
Türkçe basamak merdiven
Українська схід сходи
اردو سیڑھی
Tiếng Việt cầu thang thang bộ

Examples

“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 […]”
“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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