stair

stair  (stâr)

n.

1. A series or flight of steps; a staircase. Often used in the plural.

2. One of a flight of steps.

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[Middle English, from Old English stger; see steigh- in Indo-European roots.]

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stair

Noun

1. one step in a flight of stairs

2. a series of steps: he fled down the back stair

See also stairs [Old English stǣger]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

stair - support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step" step corbel step, corbie-step, corbiestep, crow step - (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall riser - structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step staircase, stairway - a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" tread - structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

Translations

stair [stɛəʳ] n (= step) → peldaño, escalón m;

stairs npl → escaleras fpl

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stair [stɛəʳ] n (= step) → marche f

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stair [stɛəʳ] n (step) → Stufe f;

stairs npl (flight of steps) → Treppe f;

on the stairs → auf der Treppe

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stair [stɛəʳ] n (= step) → gradino;

stairs npl (= flight of stairs) → scale fpl; scala