Meanings
plural ground floors · alternative uncommon ground-floor · alternative uncommon groundfloor
- AustraliaNew ZealandUKUSsometimesThe floor of a building closest to ground level.
The rite of the certification of death and placement in the coffin took place on Monday evening at 8:00 PM in the chapel on the ground floor of the late Pope's residence in the Casa Santa Marta.
2025 April 21, Devin Watkins, “Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88”, in Vatican NewsSynonyms: first floor
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe floor of a building closest to ground level.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic طَابِق أَرْضِيّ, دَوْر أَرْضِيّ
- طَابِق أَرْضِيّ (ṭābiq ʔarḍiyy)floor of a building closest to ground level
- دَوْر أَرْضِيّ (dawr ʔarḍiyy)floor of a building closest to ground level
Basque beheko solairu
- beheko solairufloor of a building closest to ground level
Catalan planta baixa
- planta baixafloor of a building closest to ground level
Chinese Mandarin 一樓 /一楼, 底層 /底层
- 一樓 /一楼 (yīlóu)floor of a building closest to ground level
- 底層 /底层 (dǐcéng)floor of a building closest to ground level
Czech přízemí
- přízemífloor of a building closest to ground level
Dutch begane grond, benedenverdieping
- begane grondfloor of a building closest to ground level
- benedenverdiepingfloor of a building closest to ground level
Esperanto partero, teretaĝo
- parterofloor of a building closest to ground level
- teretaĝofloor of a building closest to ground level
Finnish pohjakerros, ensimmäinen kerros
- pohjakerrosfloor of a building closest to ground level
- ensimmäinen kerrosfloor of a building closest to ground level
- katutasofloor of a building closest to ground level
French rez-de-chaussée
- rez-de-chausséefloor of a building closest to ground level
German Erdgeschoss
- Erdgeschossfloor of a building closest to ground level
Greek ισόγειο
- ισόγειο (isógeio)floor of a building closest to ground level
Hebrew קוֹמַת קַרְקַע
- קוֹמַת קַרְקַע (komát karká')floor of a building closest to ground level
Hindi भूतल
- भूतल (bhūtal)floor of a building closest to ground level
Hungarian földszint
- földszintfloor of a building closest to ground level
Icelandic jarðhæð
- jarðhæðfloor of a building closest to ground level
Italian piano terra, pianterreno
- piano terrafloor of a building closest to ground level
- pianterrenofloor of a building closest to ground level
Japanese 一階
- 一階 (ikkai)floor of a building closest to ground level
Korean 일층
- 일층 (ilcheung)floor of a building closest to ground level
Malay tingkat bawah
- tingkat bawahfloor of a building closest to ground level
Persian هَمکَف
- هَمکَف (hamkaf)floor of a building closest to ground level
Polish parter
- parterfloor of a building closest to ground level
Portuguese térreo, rés do chão
- térreofloor of a building closest to ground level
- rés do chãofloor of a building closest to ground level
Romanian parter
- parterfloor of a building closest to ground level
Russian пе́рвый эта́ж
- пе́рвый эта́ж (pérvyj etáž)floor of a building closest to ground level
Slovak prízemie
- prízemiefloor of a building closest to ground level
Spanish planta baja, piso edáfico
- planta bajafloor of a building closest to ground level
- piso edáficofloor of a building closest to ground level
- primer pisofloor of a building closest to ground level
Swahili ghorofa ya chini
- ghorofa ya chinifloor of a building closest to ground level
Swedish gatuplan, markplan
- gatuplanfloor of a building closest to ground level
- markplanfloor of a building closest to ground level
- förstavåningfloor of a building closest to ground level
Tagalog unang palapag
- unang palapagfloor of a building closest to ground level
Turkish zemin kat
- zemin katfloor of a building closest to ground level
Cite this entry
ground floor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20floor
“ground floor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20floor. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ground floor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20floor.
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