Stairway

//ˈstɛɹweɪ//

Synonyms for "stairway" (25 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

staircase stairs back stairs companion

Noun(1 words)

staircase

Strong matches (8)

companionway escalier fire escape flight of stairs flight of steps incline landing landing stage

Related words (12)

perron ramp spiral staircase stair flight step stepping stone stepping-stones steps stile treads and risers

Noun(2 words)

stairs stepway

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

1 entries

way

Synonyms

2 entries

staircase stairs

Related terms

2 entries

stair stairwell

at location

5 entries

building with multiple floors house multi story building office building two story house

derived

1 entries

fire tower stairway

derived from

2 entries

stair way

has a

1 entries

steps

has property

2 entries

dark winding

is a

4 entries

constructed route fixed freestanding structure person supporting object way

part of

1 entries

building

receives action

1 entries

made up of many wtairs

related to

4 entries

set stair stairwell step

used for

13 entries

alternative to elevator ascent climb to another floor connecting levels of various heights connecting two floors of different height escaping fire get to another level getting from one floor to another getting into basement getting to upper floors going down providing egress to basement providing egress to first floor

Translations

41 translations across 31 languages.

Armenian

3 entries

աստիճաններ noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)
սանդուղք noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)
փիլաքյան noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Bashkir

1 entries

баҫҡыс noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Basque

1 entries

eskailera noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Bulgarian

1 entries

стъ́лбище noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

樓梯 /楼梯 noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Czech

1 entries

schodiště noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Egyptian

1 entries

r-w-d-O40 noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Esperanto

1 entries

ŝtuparo noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Estonian

1 entries

trepp noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Finnish

2 entries

portaat noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)
rappuset noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

French

1 entries

escalier noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Galician

1 entries

escaleiras noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Georgian

1 entries

კიბე noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

German

1 entries

Treppe noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Greek

2 entries

κλιμακοστάσιο noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)
σκάλα noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Hungarian

2 entries

lépcső noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)
lépcsősor noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Italian

2 entries

gradinata noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)
scalinata noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Japanese

1 entries

階段 noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Kapampangan

1 entries

eran noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Khmer

1 entries

ជណ្ដើរ noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Mòcheno

1 entries

stiag noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Ojibwe

1 entries

akwaandawaagan noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

نردبان noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Portuguese

1 entries

escadaria noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Russian

2 entries

ле́стница noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)
ле́стничный марш noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

staidhre noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

stȅpenīšte noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)
stȕbīšte noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Slovak

1 entries

schody noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Spanish

3 entries

escalera noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)
escalinata noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)
gradas noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Turkish

1 entries

merdiven noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Vietnamese

1 entries

lan can noun (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In case of a fire, use this emergency stairway.

Source: tatoeba (23818)

After a mad dash down the stairway, I missed my train by a second.

Source: tatoeba (51328)

My leg cramped up as I ran down the stairs to catch a train, and I had to sit down right there in the middle of the stairway.

Source: tatoeba (279191)

In an emergency, use the stairway, not the elevator.

Source: tatoeba (317953)

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