storey

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English storie, from Medieval Latin historia (“narrative, illustration, story of a building”), from Latin, possibly from narratives painted on medieval buildings.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

storey (plural storeys)

  1. A floor or level of a building or ship.
    For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

floor

[edit] See also

[edit] Anagrams

Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=storey&oldid=15418656"
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Views
Actions
Navigation
Toolbox
In other languages