I missed a step on the stairs and I'm afraid I sprained my ankle.
Source: tatoeba (22036)
Stairs
//ˈstɛəz//
Synonyms for "stairs" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (7)
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More general
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesat location
11 entriescapable of
3 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
16 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
3 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesused for
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
139 translations across 102 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- trap noun (contiguous set of steps)
Aklanon
1 entries- hakdan noun (contiguous set of steps)
Albanian
1 entries- shkallë noun (contiguous set of steps)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀναβαθμοί noun (contiguous set of steps)
Arabic
1 entries- سَلَالِم noun (contiguous set of steps)
Armenian
2 entries- աստիճաններ noun (contiguous set of steps)
- սանդուղք noun (contiguous set of steps)
Aromanian
1 entries- scarã noun (contiguous set of steps)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- pilləkan noun (contiguous set of steps)
Bashkir
1 entries- баҫҡыс noun (contiguous set of steps)
Belarusian
4 entries- ле́свіца noun (contiguous set of steps)
- схо́ды noun (contiguous set of steps)
- усхо́ды noun (contiguous set of steps)
- ўсхо́ды noun (contiguous set of steps)
Bengali
2 entries- সিঁড়ি noun (contiguous set of steps)
- সোপান noun (contiguous set of steps)
Bulgarian
1 entries- стъ́лба noun (contiguous set of steps)
Burmese
1 entries- လှေကား noun (contiguous set of steps)
Catalan
1 entries- escala noun (contiguous set of steps)
Cebuano
1 entries- hagdan noun (contiguous set of steps)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎩᏠᏒᏍᏗᎢ noun (contiguous set of steps)
Chinese
1 entries- 樓梯 /楼梯 noun (contiguous set of steps)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 樓梯 /楼梯 noun (contiguous set of steps)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 樓梯 /楼梯 noun (contiguous set of steps)
Chukchi
1 entries- тыттатъёлгын noun (contiguous set of steps)
Czech
2 entries- schodiště noun (contiguous set of steps)
- schody noun (contiguous set of steps)
Danish
1 entries- trappe noun (contiguous set of steps)
Dari
1 entries- زِینَه noun (contiguous set of steps)
Dutch
1 entries- trap noun (contiguous set of steps)
Eastern Min Chinese
2 entries- 樓梯 /楼梯 noun (contiguous set of steps)
- 踏斗 noun (contiguous set of steps)
Egyptian
1 entries- r-w-d-O40 noun (contiguous set of steps)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝtuparo noun (contiguous set of steps)
Estonian
1 entries- trepp noun (contiguous set of steps)
Finnish
1 entries- portaat noun (contiguous set of steps)
French
1 entries- escalier noun (contiguous set of steps)
Friulian
2 entries- scjale noun (contiguous set of steps)
- sčhale noun (contiguous set of steps)
Galician
3 entries- escada noun (contiguous set of steps)
- escaleira noun (contiguous set of steps)
- esqueira noun (contiguous set of steps)
Gan Chinese
1 entries- 樓梯 /楼梯 noun (contiguous set of steps)
Georgian
2 entries- კიბეები noun (contiguous set of steps)
- საფეხურები noun (contiguous set of steps)
German
3 entries- Schtäge noun (contiguous set of steps)
- Stiege noun (contiguous set of steps)
- Treppe noun (contiguous set of steps)
Greek
1 entries- σκάλα noun (contiguous set of steps)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- eskalye noun (contiguous set of steps)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 樓梯 /楼梯 noun (contiguous set of steps)
Hanunoo
1 entries- agdan noun (contiguous set of steps)
Hebrew
1 entries- גֶרֶם מַדרֵגוֹת noun (contiguous set of steps)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- hagdan noun (contiguous set of steps)
Hindi
2 entries- सीढ़ी noun (contiguous set of steps)
- सोपान noun (contiguous set of steps)
Hungarian
1 entries- lépcső noun (contiguous set of steps)
Icelandic
1 entries- stigi noun (contiguous set of steps)
Ido
1 entries- eskalero noun (contiguous set of steps)
Ilocano
1 entries- agdan noun (contiguous set of steps)
Indonesian
1 entries- tangga noun (contiguous set of steps)
Ingrian
1 entries- traput noun (contiguous set of steps)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- پِلِّکان noun (contiguous set of steps)
Irish
1 entries- staighre noun (contiguous set of steps)
Italian
1 entries- scala noun (contiguous set of steps)
Japanese
1 entries- 階段 noun (contiguous set of steps)
Jin Chinese
1 entries- 樓梯 /楼梯 noun (contiguous set of steps)
Kaitag
1 entries- мичче́р noun (contiguous set of steps)
Kapampangan
2 entries- eran noun (contiguous set of steps)
- sangat noun (contiguous set of steps)
Kazakh
1 entries- саты noun (contiguous set of steps)
Khmer
2 entries- កាំជណ្ដើរ noun (contiguous set of steps)
- ជណ្ដើរ noun (contiguous set of steps)
Konkani
1 entries- ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲು noun (contiguous set of steps)
Korean
1 entries- 계단 noun (contiguous set of steps)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- саты noun (contiguous set of steps)
Lao
1 entries- ບັນໄດ noun (contiguous set of steps)
Latin
1 entries- scālae noun (contiguous set of steps)
Latvian
1 entries- kāpnes noun (contiguous set of steps)
Lithuanian
1 entries- laiptinė noun (contiguous set of steps)
Macedonian
1 entries- ска́ли noun (contiguous set of steps)
Malay
1 entries- tangga noun (contiguous set of steps)
Maltese
2 entries- taraġ noun (contiguous set of steps)
- tat-turġien noun (contiguous set of steps)
Mongolian
2 entries- шат noun (contiguous set of steps)
- ᠱᠠᠲᠤ noun (contiguous set of steps)
Mòcheno
1 entries- stiag noun (contiguous set of steps)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 樓階 /楼阶 noun (contiguous set of steps)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- trapp noun (contiguous set of steps)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- trapp noun (contiguous set of steps)
Occitan
1 entries- escalièrs noun (contiguous set of steps)
Ojibwe
1 entries- akwaandawaagan noun (contiguous set of steps)
Pangasinan
1 entries- takayan noun (contiguous set of steps)
Pashto
3 entries- اندرپايه noun (contiguous set of steps)
- ځينه noun (contiguous set of steps)
- څپېڅلۍ noun (contiguous set of steps)
Polish
1 entries- schody noun (contiguous set of steps)
Portuguese
1 entries- escada noun (contiguous set of steps)
Romanian
1 entries- scară noun (contiguous set of steps)
Russian
2 entries- ле́стница noun (contiguous set of steps)
- ступе́ньки noun (contiguous set of steps)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- stepenik noun (contiguous set of steps)
- stepènice noun (contiguous set of steps)
- stȅpenīšte noun (contiguous set of steps)
- stȕbīšte noun (contiguous set of steps)
Slovak
2 entries- schodisko noun (contiguous set of steps)
- schody noun (contiguous set of steps)
Slovene
1 entries- stopnišče noun (contiguous set of steps)
Spanish
3 entries- escalera noun (contiguous set of steps)
- escalinata noun (contiguous set of steps)
- gradas noun (contiguous set of steps)
Swahili
1 entries- ngazi noun (contiguous set of steps)
Swedish
1 entries- trappa noun (contiguous set of steps)
Tagalog
3 entries- baitang noun (contiguous set of steps)
- hagdan noun (contiguous set of steps)
- hagdanan noun (contiguous set of steps)
Tajik
2 entries- зинапоя noun (contiguous set of steps)
- нардбон noun (contiguous set of steps)
Tatar
1 entries- баскыч noun (contiguous set of steps)
Thai
1 entries- บันได noun (contiguous set of steps)
Tibetan
1 entries- སྐས་འཛེགས noun (contiguous set of steps)
Turkish
2 entries- basamak noun (contiguous set of steps)
- merdiven noun (contiguous set of steps)
Turkmen
1 entries- merdiwan noun (contiguous set of steps)
Ukrainian
1 entries- схо́ди noun (contiguous set of steps)
Urdu
1 entries- سِیڑْھی noun (contiguous set of steps)
Uyghur
1 entries- پەلەمپەي noun (contiguous set of steps)
Uzbek
2 entries- narvon noun (contiguous set of steps)
- zinapoya noun (contiguous set of steps)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cầu thang noun (contiguous set of steps)
Welsh
1 entries- grisiau noun (contiguous set of steps)
White Hmong
1 entries- ntaiv noun (contiguous set of steps)
Wu Chinese
2 entries- 樓梯 /楼梯 noun (contiguous set of steps)
- 胡梯 noun (contiguous set of steps)
Yiddish
1 entries- טרעפּ noun (contiguous set of steps)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He called his father as he went up the stairs.
Source: tatoeba (22037)
Go up the stairs.
Source: tatoeba (22038)
I'm out of breath after running up the stairs.
Source: tatoeba (22039)
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