n.
Variant: also sto · rey
Pronunciation: ' sto ̇ r- ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural stories also storeys
Etymology: Middle English storie, from Medieval Latin historia narrative, illustration, story of a building, from Latin, history, tale; probably from narrative friezes on the window level of medieval buildings
Date: 14th century
1 a : the space in a building between two adjacent floor levels or between a floor and the roof b : a set of rooms in such a space c : a unit of measure equal to the height of the story of a building <one story high>
2 : a horizontal division of a building's exterior not necessarily corresponding exactly with the stories within