ground floor

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ground floor

noun ground floors · ground-floor · groundfloor

  1. Australia, New Zealand, UK, US, sometimes The floor of a building closest to ground level. The rite of the certification of death and placement in the coffin took place on Monday evening at 8:00 PM in the chapel on the ground floor of the late Pope's residence in the Casa Santa Marta.

    Similar: first floor

  2. figuratively, informal The initial stage of a project. We are the exclusive marketing agents for three excellent condominium developments which can get you in on the ground floor of a truly fine winter/summer resort experience.

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noun floor of a building closest to ground level

Españolplanta baja, piso edáfico, primer piso
한국어일층 ilcheung
日本語一階 ikkai
中文一樓 /一楼 yīlóu, 底層 /底层 dǐcéng
हिन्दीभूतल bhūtal
Kiswahilighorofa ya chini
Portuguêstérreo, rés do chão
Françaisrez-de-chaussée
DeutschErdgeschoss
Italianopiano terra, pianterreno
Ελληνικάισόγειο isógeio
Românăparter
Русскийпе́рвый эта́ж pérvyj etáž
العربيةطَابِق أَرْضِيّ ṭābiq ʔarḍiyy, دَوْر أَرْضِيّ dawr ʔarḍiyy
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@misc{ground_floor_2026,
  title = {ground floor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ground%20floor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}