backstairs

(-stâr')
adj.

Furtively carried on; clandestine: backstairs gossip.

IN BRIEF: n. - A second staircase at the rear of a building adj. - Secret and sly or sordid.

Tutor's tip: If something is "backstairs," it is secret, such as a "backstairs" affair. The "back stairs" are the stairs in the back of a building.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a second staircase at the rear of a building

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The adjective backstairs has one meaning:

Meaning #1: secret and sly or sordid
  Synonyms: backstair, furtive

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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - bagtrappe, køkkentrappe
adj. - køkkentrappe-, bagtrappe-

Nederlands (Dutch)
achtertrap, heimelijk

Français (French)
n. pl. - escalier de service, escalier dérobé, (fig) manigances, antichambre
adj. - de coulisses, d'antichambre

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Hintertreppe
adj. - heimlich, krumm

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παρασκηνιακός
n. - σκάλα υπηρεσίας

Italiano (Italian)
segreto, scala di servizio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - secreto, clandestino
n. - escada (f) de serviço

Русский (Russian)
скандальный, служебная лестница

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - escalera de servicio
adj. - secreto, clandestino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hemlig, smyg-
n. - baktrappa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
后面楼梯, 秘密的, 诡秘的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 後面樓梯
adj. - 祕密的, 詭祕的

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 뒷 층계, 음모
adj. - 간접적인, 비밀의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 裏階段の, 中傷的な
n. - 裏階段, 秘密の手段

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) طريقه ملتويه, السلم الخلفي (الاسم) خفي سري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮מדרגות אחוריות‬
adj. - ‮חשאי, סודי, עקיף‬

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