Meanings
nounstep ladder (plural step ladders)
plural step ladders · alternative stepladder · alternative step-ladder
- slangAustralian rules footballThe player over whom another player marks to take a spectacular mark.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian подвижна стълба
- подвижна стълба (podvižna stălba)ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Catalan escala de peu
- escala de peuladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Chinese Mandarin 人字梯, 扶梯級 /扶梯级
- 人字梯 (rénzìtī)ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- 扶梯級 /扶梯级 (fútījí)ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Czech štafle
- štafleladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Danish trappestige
- trappestigeladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Dutch keukentrap, huishoudtrap
- keukentrapladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- huishoudtrapladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Esperanto ŝtupeskalo
- ŝtupeskaloladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Finnish taloustikkaat, keittiötikkaat
- taloustikkaatladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- keittiötikkaatladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
French escabeau
- escabeauladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
German Stufenleiter, Stehleiter
- Stufenleiterladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- Stehleiterladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- Trittleiterladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- Leitertrittladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- Trittladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- Bockleiterladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Hebrew דרגרג
- דרגרג (dragrág)ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Hungarian kislétra, háztartási létra
- kislétraladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- háztartási létraladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- állólétraladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Irish dréimire taca
- dréimire tacaladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Italian scaletta, scaleo
- scalettaladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- scaleoladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- scala a librettoladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Japanese 脚立
- 脚立 (kyatatsu)ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Norwegian gardintrapp
- gardintrappladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Polish drabinka składana, taboret składany
- drabinka składanaladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- taboret składanyladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Portuguese escadote
- escadoteladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Romanian scară cu trepte
- scară cu trepteladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Russian стремя́нка, ле́стница
- стремя́нка (stremjánka)ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- ле́стница (léstnica)ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Spanish escalerilla, escalera de tijera
- escalerillaladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- escalera de tijeraladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- escalera dobleladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- gradillaladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- escalera tipo tijeraladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- escala con escalonesladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Swedish trappstege
- trappstegeladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Turkish ayaklı merdiven, seyyar merdiven
- ayaklı merdivenladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- seyyar merdivenladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Ukrainian стрем'я́нка, розсувна драбина
- стрем'я́нка (stremʺjánka)ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
- розсувна драбина (rozsuvna drabyna)ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Welsh camfa ysgol
- camfa ysgolladder with steps or treads instead of rungs
Cite this entry
APA
step ladder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/step%20ladder
MLA
“step ladder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/step%20ladder. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “step ladder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/step%20ladder.
Source: step ladder on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.