English Etymology stair way
Pronunciation Noun stairway (plural stairways
A set of steps allowing one to walk up or down.
The phrase "stairway to heaven" has a variety of cultural significances.
1898 Winston Churchill , chapter 5, in The Celebrity 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 Related terms Translations set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably
Armenian: սանդուղք (hy) ( sanduġkʻ ) , աստիճաններ ( astičanner ) , փիլաքյան ( pʻilakʻyan )
Bashkir: баҫҡыс ( baśqıs )
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 樓梯 ／ 楼梯 (zh) ( lóutī ) , 楼梯 (zh) ( lóutī )
Czech: schodiště (cs) n
Egyptian: (rwd
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: portaat (fi) pl rappuset (fi) pl
French: escalier (fr) m
Galician: escaleiras f pl
Georgian: კიბე ( ḳibe )
German: Treppe (de) f
Greek: κλιμακοστάσιο (el) n ( klimakostásio ) , σκάλα (el) f ( skála )
Hungarian: lépcsősor (hu) , lépcső (hu)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Italian: scalinata (it) f gradinata (it) f
Japanese: 階段 (ja) ( かいだん, kaidan )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
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
Vietnamese: lan can (vi)
