stairway

English

Etymology

stair ‎ way

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛɹweɪ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛəweɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)weɪ

Noun

stairway (plural stairways)

2. A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.

   The phrase "stairway to heaven" has a variety of cultural significances.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway, […] .

Synonyms

• staircase
• stairs

Derived terms

• fire tower stairway

 

Related terms

• stair
• stairwell

Translations

set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably

• Armenian: սանդուղք (hy) (sanduġkʻ), աստիճաններ (astičanner), փիլաքյան (pʻilakʻyan)
• Bashkir: баҫҡыс (baśqıs)
• Basque: eskailera
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 樓梯／楼梯 (zh) (lóutī)

• Czech: schodiště (cs) n
• Egyptian: (rwd)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: trepp (et)
• Finnish: portaat (fi) pl, rappuset (fi) pl
• French: escalier (fr) m
• Galician: escaleiras f pl
• Georgian: კიბე (ka) (ḳibe)
• German: Treppe (de) f
• Greek: κλιμακοστάσιο (el) n (klimakostásio), σκάλα (el) f (skála)
• Hungarian: lépcsősor (hu), lépcső (hu)
• Italian: scalinata (it) f, gradinata (it) f
• Japanese: 階段 (ja) (かいだん, kaidan)
• Kapampangan: eran
• Khmer: ជណ្ដើរ (km) (cŭəndaə)
• Mòcheno: stiag f
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Ojibwe: akwaandawaagan
• Ottoman Turkish: نردبان (nerdiban)
• Portuguese: escadaria (pt) f
• Russian: ле́стница (ru) f (léstnica), ле́стничный марш m (léstničnyj marš)
• Scottish Gaelic: staidhre f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: stȕbīšte (sh) n, stȅpenīšte (sh) n

• Slovak: schody m pl
• Spanish: escalera (es) f
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: merdiven (tr) sg
• Vietnamese: lan can (vi)