Meaning

2 senses
  1. A single step in a staircase.

    Stufe, Treppenstufe

    ступе́нькаstupénʹka, ступе́ньstupénʹ

    схі́децьsxídecʹ, схо́динкаsxódynka

  2. A series of steps; a staircase.

    Treppe, Stiege

    ле́стницаléstnica, ступе́нькиstupénʹki

    схо́диsxódy

More definitions
  • support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

Examples

654 sentences
  1. She was coming down the stairs.

    Вона спускалася по сходах.

    ruОна спускалась по лестнице.

    deSie kam die Treppe herunter.

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  2. I helped Tom up the stairs.

    Я допоміг Тому піднятися вгору по сходах.

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  3. You must not go up the stairs.

    Я забороняю Вам підійматися вгору по сходах.

    ruВам нельзя подниматься по лестнице.

    deDu darfst nicht die Treppe hochgehen.

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  4. I heard him go down the stairs.

    Я чув, як він спустився вниз по сходах.

    ruЯ слышал, как он спустился по лестнице.

    deIch hörte ihn die Treppe hinuntergehen.

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  5. Tom saw someone walking up the stairs.

    Том бачив, як хтось підіймався сходами.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
single step:
series of steps:
Русский
By meaning 2
single step:
series of steps:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
single step:
series of steps:

Origin

From Middle English steire, staire, stayre, stayer, steir, steyre, steyer, from Old Englis

From Middle English steire, staire, stayre, stayer, steir, steyre, steyer, from Old English stǣġer (“stair, staircase”), from Proto-West Germanic *staigri, from Proto-Germanic *staigriz (“stairs, scaffolding”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, proceed, march, climb”).

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Forms

plural: stairs
Singularstair
Pluralstairs

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway:step

Word family

44 related words

Collocations

10 patterns
  • down the stairs
  • up the stairs
  • climbed the stairs
  • take the stairs
  • the stairs and
  • flights of stairs
  • of the stairs
  • on the stairs
  • use the stairs
  • the stairs to

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stair — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto