companionway

n. Nautical
A staircase leading from a deck to the cabins or area below.

[From companion, framed windows above a hatchway, companionway, probably alteration of obsolete Dutch kompanje, from Old French compagne, steward's cabin, storeroom, from Old Italian (camera della) compagna, (cabin for) provisions, pantry, from Vulgar Latin *compānia, things eaten with bread : Latin com-, com- + Latin pānis, bread; see companion¹.]

n. a set of steps leading from a ship's deck down to a cabin or lower deck.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kahytstrappe

Nederlands (Dutch)
kajuitstrap

Français (French)
n. - (Naut) escalier

Deutsch (German)
n. - (mar.) Niedergang

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ναυτ.) σκάλα που οδηγεί σε καμπίνα

Italiano (Italian)
scala di boccaporto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escada (f) de tombadilho

Русский (Russian)
сходной трап

Español (Spanish)
n. - escalerilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kajuttrappa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
升降扶梯

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 升降扶梯

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 갑판과 선실사의 승강계단

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 甲板昇降口階段

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سلم داخلي في السفينه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מדרגות (מהסיפון לתא)‬

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