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stair [stairs] (series of steps) noun [UK: steə(r)] [US: ˈster] | escalier◼◼◼nom volée◼◻◻nom {f} |
stair [stairs] (single step) noun [UK: steə(r)] [US: ˈster] | marche◼◼◻nom {f} |
staircase [staircases] (stairway) noun [UK: ˈsteək.eɪs] [US: ˈsterˌkes] | escalier◼◼◼nom {m}Enter by means of the staircase! = Entre par l'escalier ! |
stairlift (motorized platform installed in a stairway) noun | monte-escalier◼◼◼nom {m} |
stairs (contiguous set of steps) noun [UK: steəz] [US: ˈsterz] | escalier◼◼◼nom {m}Go up the stairs. = Monte les escaliers. |
stairway [stairways] (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) noun [UK: ˈsteə.weɪ] [US: ˈsteˌr.we] | escalier◼◼◼nom {m}After a mad dash down the stairway, I missed my train by a second. = Après une course folle dans l'escalier, j'ai raté mon train à une seconde près. |
stairwell [stairwells] (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase) noun [UK: ˈsteə.wel] [US: ˈsteˌr.wel] | cage d'escalier◼◼◼nom {f} |
downstairs (downstairs (adverb)) adverb [UK: ˌdaʊn.ˈsteəz] [US: ˌdɑːwn.ˈsterz] | en bas◼◼◼adverbe au-dessous◼◻◻adverbe |
downstairs (the genitalia) noun [UK: ˌdaʊn.ˈsteəz] [US: ˌdɑːwn.ˈsterz] | en bas◼◼◼nom |
spiral staircase (type of staircase) noun [UK: ˈspaɪə.rəl ˈsteək.eɪs] [US: ˈspaɪ.rəl ˈsterˌkes] | colimaçon◼◼◼nom {m} escalier en colimaçon◼◼◼nom {m} |
upstairs (up the stairs; on a higher floor or level) adverb [UK: ˌʌp.ˈsteəz] [US: əp.ˈsterz] | en haut◼◼◼adverbe à l'étage◼◼◼adverbe |