stairs

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UK/ˈstɛəz/US/ˈstɛɹz/Australia/steːz//stiəz/

noun

A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.

“There're two cats at the top of the stairs.”

CommonScrabble 6

Meanings

stairs1

noun
  1. pluralplural of stair
nounstairs pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.

    There're two cats at the top of the stairs.

    2 more examples

    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 […]

    1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools, volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202

    We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall to the door of the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.

    1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 304

    Synonyms: stairway, staircase

Stairs2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Stair

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna flight of stairs or a flight of steps

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans trap
  • trapcontiguous set of steps
Ancient Greek ἀναβαθμοί
  • ἀναβαθμοί (anabathmoí)contiguous set of steps
Arabic سَلَالِم
  • سَلَالِم (salālim)contiguous set of steps
Bengali সোপান, সিঁড়ি
  • সোপান (śōpan)contiguous set of steps
  • সিঁড়ি (śĩṛi)contiguous set of steps
Bulgarian стъ́лба
  • стъ́лба (stắlba)contiguous set of steps
Catalan escala
  • escalacontiguous set of steps
Chinese Cantonese 樓梯 /楼梯
  • 樓梯 /楼梯 (lau⁴ tai¹)contiguous set of steps
Chinese Mandarin 樓梯 /楼梯
  • 樓梯 /楼梯 (lóutī)contiguous set of steps
Czech schodiště, schody
  • schodištěcontiguous set of steps
  • schodycontiguous set of steps
Danish trappe
  • trappecontiguous set of steps
Dutch trap
  • trapcontiguous set of steps
Esperanto ŝtuparo
  • ŝtuparocontiguous set of steps
Estonian trepp
  • treppcontiguous set of steps
Finnish portaat
  • portaatcontiguous set of steps
French escalier
  • escaliercontiguous set of steps
German Treppe, Stiege
  • Treppecontiguous set of steps
  • Stiegecontiguous set of steps
Greek σκάλα
  • σκάλα (skála)contiguous set of steps
Hebrew גֶרֶם מַדרֵגוֹת
  • גֶרֶם מַדרֵגוֹת (gerem madregot)contiguous set of steps
Hindi सीढ़ी, सोपान
  • सीढ़ी (sīṛhī)contiguous set of steps
  • सोपान (sopān)contiguous set of steps
Hungarian lépcső
  • lépcsőcontiguous set of steps
Icelandic stigi
  • stigicontiguous set of steps
Indonesian tangga
  • tanggacontiguous set of steps
Irish staighre
  • staighrecontiguous set of steps
Italian scala
  • scalacontiguous set of steps
Japanese 階段
  • 階段 (kaidan)contiguous set of steps
Korean 계단
  • 계단 (gyedan)contiguous set of steps
Latin scālae
  • scālaecontiguous set of steps
Latvian kāpnes
  • kāpnescontiguous set of steps
Lithuanian laiptinė
  • laiptinėcontiguous set of steps
Malay tangga
  • tanggacontiguous set of steps
Norwegian Bokmål trapp
  • trappcontiguous set of steps
Polish schody
  • schodycontiguous set of steps
Portuguese escada
  • escadacontiguous set of steps
Romanian scară
  • scarăcontiguous set of steps
Russian ле́стница, ступе́ньки
  • ле́стница (léstnica)contiguous set of steps
  • ступе́ньки (stupénʹki)contiguous set of steps
Slovak schody, schodisko
  • schodycontiguous set of steps
  • schodiskocontiguous set of steps
Spanish escalera, gradas
  • escaleracontiguous set of steps
  • gradascontiguous set of steps
  • escalinatacontiguous set of steps
Swahili ngazi
  • ngazicontiguous set of steps
Swedish trappa
  • trappacontiguous set of steps
Tagalog hagdan, hagdanan
  • hagdancontiguous set of steps
  • hagdanancontiguous set of steps
  • baitangcontiguous set of steps
Thai บันได
  • บันได (ban-dai)contiguous set of steps
Turkish basamak, merdiven
  • basamakcontiguous set of steps
  • merdivencontiguous set of steps
Ukrainian схо́ди
  • схо́ди (sxódy)contiguous set of steps
Urdu سِیڑْھی
  • سِیڑْھی (sīṛhī)contiguous set of steps
Vietnamese cầu thang
  • cầu thangcontiguous set of steps
Welsh grisiau, staer
  • grisiaucontiguous set of steps
  • staercontiguous set of steps
Yiddish טרעפּ
  • טרעפּ (trep)contiguous set of steps

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with stairs

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Sounds the same

staressteers (cheer–chair merger)stirs (fair–fur merger)staressteers (cheer–chair merger)stirs (fair–fur merger)
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APA

stairs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stairs

MLA

“stairs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stairs. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stairs,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stairs.

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