storey

English

Alternative forms

• story (US)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈstɔːɹi/, X-SAMPA: /"stO:ri/
• Rhymes: -ɔːri
• Homophone: story

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.

Derived terms

• -storeyed

Translations

floor

• American Sign Language: B@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-B@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown B@SideChesthigh-PalmDown-B@SideChesthigh-PalmDown
• Armenian: հարկ (hy) (hark)
• Czech: podlaží (cs) n, patro (cs) n
• Danish: etage (da) c
• Dutch: verdieping (nl) f, etage (nl) m, (Belgian) verdiep (nl) n
• French: étage (fr) m
• German: Stock (de) m, Geschoss (de) n, Etage (de) f
• Hebrew: קוֹמָה (he) (komá) f

• Icelandic: hæð (is) f
• Macedonian: спрат (mk) (sprat) m, кат (mk) (kat) m
• Portuguese: andar (pt), piso (pt) m
• Russian: этаж (ru) (etaž) m
• Serbo-Croatian: kat (sh) m
• Spanish: piso (es) m
• Swedish: våning (sv) c
• Telugu: అంతస్తు (te) (antastu)
• Ukrainian: поверх (uk) (póverx) m
• Welsh: llawr (cy)

See also

• Storey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Storey in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Anagrams

• oyster
• Troyes