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stairs¹

  • /ˈstɛəz/ UK
  • /ˈstɛɹz/ US
  • /steːz/ Australia
  • /stiəz/
  • /steəz/ New Zealand
  • /steɹz/ Scotland
  • /stɜː(ɹ)z/

Sounds like stares, steers (cheer–chair merger), stirs (fair–fur merger) · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)z

noun

  1. plural plural of stair

noun

  1. plural, plural only A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors. There're two cats at the top of the stairs.

    Similar: stairway, staircase

Stairs²

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Stair

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: staircase, stairway, steps, stairwell, ladders, downstairs, upstairs, marches, runners, walks, bands, companionways, escalators, fires, floors, hallways

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noun contiguous set of steps

Españolescalera, gradas, escalinata
한국어계단 gyedan
日本語階段 kaidan
中文樓梯 /楼梯 lóutī
हिन्दीसीढ़ी sīṛhī, सोपान sopān
Kiswahilingazi
Portuguêsescada
Françaisescalier
DeutschTreppe
Italianoscala
Ελληνικάσκάλα skála
Românăscară
Русскийле́стница léstnica, ступе́ньки stupénʹki
Tiếng Việtcầu thang
العربيةسَلَالِم salālim
עבריתגֶרֶם מַדרֵגוֹת gerem madregot

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@misc{stairs_2026,
  title = {stairs},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stairs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}