As I was going up the stair // I met a man who wasn't there // He wasn't there again today // I wish that man would go away.
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Stair
//stɛɚ//
Synonyms for "stair" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
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More general
1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
distinct from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
129 translations across 71 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- سلمة noun (single step)
- سَلَالِم noun (series of steps)
Armenian
3 entries- աստիճաններ noun (series of steps)
- սանդուղք noun (series of steps)
- փիլաքյան noun (series of steps)
Aromanian
1 entries- scarã noun (series of steps)
Bashkir
3 entries- баҫма noun (single step)
- баҫҡыс noun (single step)
- баҫҡыс noun (series of steps)
Basque
1 entries- eskailera noun (series of steps)
Belarusian
3 entries- ле́свіца noun (series of steps)
- прысту́пка noun (single step)
- усхо́ды noun (series of steps)
Bulgarian
2 entries- стълбище noun (series of steps)
- стъпало noun (single step)
Burmese
1 entries- လှေကား noun (series of steps)
Catalan
1 entries- esglaó noun (single step)
Cebuano
1 entries- hagdanan noun (series of steps)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 樓梯 /楼梯 noun (series of steps)
- 臺階 /台阶 noun (single step)
Czech
2 entries- schodiště noun (series of steps)
- schody noun (series of steps)
Danish
1 entries- trappe noun (series of steps)
Dutch
1 entries- trap noun (series of steps)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝtuparo noun (series of steps)
Estonian
1 entries- trepp noun (series of steps)
Faroese
1 entries- trappa noun (series of steps)
Finnish
3 entries- porras noun (single step)
- portaat noun (series of steps)
- portaikko noun (series of steps)
French
3 entries- escalier noun (series of steps)
- marche noun (single step)
- volée noun (series of steps)
Georgian
2 entries- კიბე noun (series of steps)
- საფეხური noun (single step)
German
4 entries- Stiege noun (series of steps)
- Stufe noun (single step)
- Treppe noun (series of steps)
- Treppenstufe noun (single step)
Greek
4 entries- κλίμακα noun (series of steps)
- σκάλα noun (series of steps)
- σκαλί noun (single step)
- σκαλοπάτι noun (single step)
Greenlandic
1 entries- majuartarfiit noun (series of steps)
Hebrew
2 entries- מדרגה noun (series of steps)
- מדרגות noun (series of steps)
Higaonon
1 entries- hagadan noun (series of steps)
Hungarian
3 entries- lépcső noun (series of steps)
- lépcsőfok noun (single step)
- lépcsősor noun (series of steps)
Icelandic
4 entries- stigi noun (series of steps)
- trappa noun (single step)
- tröppur noun (series of steps)
- þrep noun (single step)
Ido
2 entries- eskalero noun (series of steps)
- grado noun (single step)
Igbo
1 entries- ǹkwà noun (series of steps)
Indonesian
1 entries- tangga noun (series of steps)
Ingrian
2 entries- trappu noun (single step)
- traput noun (series of steps)
Iranun
1 entries- tuak noun (series of steps)
Italian
2 entries- scala noun (series of steps)
- scalino noun (single step)
Japanese
3 entries- 段 noun (single step)
- 石段 noun (single step)
- 階段 noun (series of steps)
Kazakh
1 entries- баспалдақ noun (series of steps)
Khmer
1 entries- កាំជណ្ដើរ noun (series of steps)
Korean
1 entries- 계단 noun (series of steps)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тепкич noun (series of steps)
Lao
1 entries- ບັນໄດ noun (series of steps)
Latin
1 entries- gradus noun (single step)
Latvian
1 entries- kāpnes noun (series of steps)
Lithuanian
3 entries- laiptai noun (series of steps)
- laiptas noun (single step)
- laiptinė noun (series of steps)
Livonian
1 entries- strepīd noun (series of steps)
Macedonian
1 entries- ска́ла noun (series of steps)
Malay
2 entries- tangga noun (series of steps)
- تڠݢ noun (series of steps)
Mongolian
1 entries- шат noun (series of steps)
Māori
2 entries- arapiki noun (series of steps)
- arawhata noun (series of steps)
Norwegian
2 entries- trapp noun (series of steps)
- trinn noun (single step)
Occitan
1 entries- escalièr noun (series of steps)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- نردبان noun (series of steps)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- ґарадича noun (single step)
Persian
2 entries- پله noun (single step)
- پلکان noun (series of steps)
Polish
1 entries- stopień noun (single step)
Portuguese
2 entries- degrau noun (single step)
- escada noun (series of steps)
Punjabi
2 entries- پَوڑی noun (single step)
- پَوڑیاں noun (series of steps)
Romanian
2 entries- scară noun (series of steps)
- treaptă noun (single step)
Romansch
1 entries- stgala noun (series of steps)
Russian
4 entries- ле́стница noun (series of steps)
- ступе́нь noun (single step)
- ступе́нька noun (single step)
- ступе́ньки noun (series of steps)
Sardinian
4 entries- iscala noun (series of steps)
- iscalera noun (series of steps)
- issaba noun (series of steps)
- scaba noun (series of steps)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- staidhre noun (single step)
- staidhre noun (series of steps)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- stubište noun (series of steps)
Slovak
2 entries- schodisko noun (series of steps)
- schody noun (series of steps)
Southern Altai
3 entries- баскыш noun (single step)
- баскыш noun (series of steps)
- тепкиш noun (series of steps)
Spanish
2 entries- escalera noun (series of steps)
- peldaño noun (single step)
Swedish
2 entries- trappa noun (series of steps)
- trappsteg noun (single step)
Thai
2 entries- กระได noun (series of steps)
- บันได noun (series of steps)
Turkish
2 entries- merdiven noun (single step)
- merdiven noun (series of steps)
Ukrainian
3 entries- схо́ди noun (series of steps)
- схо́динка noun (single step)
- схі́дець noun (single step)
Venetan
1 entries- scała noun (series of steps)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cầu thang noun (series of steps)
Zazaki
1 entries- gam (diq) noun (single step)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
When Cinder-Maid went to the ball the Prince would dance with none but her; and when midnight came round she fled as before. But the Prince, hoping to prevent her running away, had ordered the soldiers at the foot of the stair-case to pour out honey on the stairs so that her shoes would stick in it. But Cinder-Maid leaped from stair to stair and got away just in time.
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As the door opened there came a tumultuous rush into the hall, rapid feet clattered up the stair, and an instant later a wild-eyed and frantic young man, pale, dishevelled, and palpitating, burst into the room.
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After the accident, he was physically challenged by even a single stair.
Source: tatoeba (7558733)
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