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Dictionary: down·stairs   (doun'stârz') pronunciation
adv.
  1. Down the stairs: raced my friend downstairs.
  2. To or on a lower floor: waited downstairs while her parents were getting dressed.
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The lower or main floor.

adj. downstairs (doun'stârz') also down·stair (-stâr')
Located on a lower or main floor.


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The lower floor or floors of a dwelling.


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IN BRIEF: adj. - On or of lower floors of a building adv. - On a floor below.

pronunciation My kitchen is downstairs.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: on or of lower floors of a building
  Synonym: downstair
  Antonym: upstairs (meaning #1)


The adverb downstairs has one meaning:

Meaning #1: on a floor below
  Synonyms: down the stairs, on a lower floor, below
  Antonym: upstairs (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - nedenunder, ned ad trappen, neden for trappen
adj. - under-, som befinder sig på etagen under
n. - stueetage, tjenestefolk

idioms:

  • go downstairs    gå nedenunder

Nederlands (Dutch)
beneden, benedenverdieping, dienstpersoneel, naar beneden

Français (French)
adv. - en bas, en dessous, à l'étage inférieur, au rez-de-chaussée
adj. - en bas, de l'étage inférieur, au dessous, du rez-de-chaussée
n. - rez-de-chaussée

idioms:

  • go downstairs    descendre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Erdgeschoss, untere Etage(n)
adv. - unten, die Treppe hinunter
adj. - im Parterre nachgestellt, unten, zum Erdgeschoss gehörig

idioms:

  • go downstairs    nach unten gehen, die Treppe hinuntergehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - το κάτω πάτωμα, το ισόγειο
adv. - κάτω, στο κάτω πάτωμα, στο ισόγειο

idioms:

  • go downstairs    κατεβαίνω κάτω, στο κάτω πάτωμα

Italiano (Italian)
dabbasso

idioms:

  • go downstairs    scendere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - andar (m) inferior
adv. - embaixo

idioms:

  • go downstairs    descer as escadas

Русский (Russian)
этажом/несколькими этажами ниже

idioms:

  • go downstairs    спуститься вниз по лестнице

Español (Spanish)
adv. - de abajo, en el piso bajo
adj. - de abajo
n. - planta baja, escaleras descendentes

idioms:

  • go downstairs    bajar las escaleras

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - våningen under
adv. - nedför trappan

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
在楼下, 往楼下, 楼下的, 楼下

idioms:

  • go downstairs    到楼下

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 在樓下, 往樓下
adj. - 樓下的
n. - 樓下

idioms:

  • go downstairs    到樓下

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 아래층으로
adj. - 아래층의
n. - 아래층, 극장의 1층

idioms:

  • go downstairs    아래층으로 내려가다

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 階段を降りて, 階下へ, 階下に
n. - 階下, 一階, 使用人たち, 階下の部屋
adj. - 階下の

idioms:

  • go downstairs    階下に降りる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الدور الأسفل من مبنى (ظرف) تحت, نحو الطابق السفلي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮למטה, בקומה מתחת, בקומת הקרקע‬
adj. - ‮של הקומה שמתחת, של קומת קרקע‬
n. - ‮קומת הקרקע‬


 
 
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