STAIR


Meaning of STAIR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈster ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English steir, from Old English stǣger; akin to Old English & Old High German stīgan to rise, Greek steichein to walk

Date: before 12th century

1. : a series of steps or flights of steps for passing from one level to another — often used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.

a narrow private stair s — Lewis Mumford

2. : a single step of a stairway

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.