stair

n.

1. A series or flight of steps; a staircase. Often used in the plural.
2. One of a flight of steps.

[Middle English, from Old English stǣger.]

A series of steps (or flights of steps), connected by landings, that permit passage between two or more levels or floors. For specific types, see box stair, bracketed stair, circular stair, cockle stair, cylindrical stair, dogleg stair, double-entry stair, double-L stair, double-return stair, double stair, fire stair, geometrical stair, good-morning stair, halfpace stair, hanging stair, helical stair, hollow-newel stair, interior stair, newel stair, open-newel stair, open stair, quarterpace stair, quarter-turn stair, reverse-flight stair, solid-newel stair, spiral stair, straight-flight stair, straight-run stair, well stair.

stair: nomenclature

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IN BRIEF: n. - Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a path of steps.

Time to turn back and descend the stair. — T.S. Eliot, Source: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, 1917

Climbing or descending a flight of stairs denotes, respectively, arise or fall in social or economic status. The same actions may also be interpreted as an increase or decrease in consciousness.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - trappe, trappetrin

idioms:

• flight of stairs    trappe

Nederlands (Dutch)
trap, trede

Français (French)
n. - marche, escalier, escaliers

idioms:

• flight of stairs    un escalier, une volée d'escaliers

Deutsch (German)
n. - Treppe, Stufe, Landungssteg

idioms:

• flight of stairs    Treppe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βαθμίδα, σκαλοπάτι, (πληθ.) σκάλα

idioms:

• flight of stairs    σκάλα

Italiano (Italian)
scale, scalino

idioms:

• flight of stairs    scalinata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - degrau (m), escada (f)

idioms:

• flight of stairs    lance de degraus

Русский (Russian)
ступенька, лестница

idioms:

• flight of stairs    лестничный марш

Español (Spanish)
n. - escalera, escalón, peldaño, grada

idioms:

• flight of stairs    tramo de escalera

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - trappsteg, trappa, fisktrappa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
一级, 楼梯

idioms:

• flight of stairs    一段楼梯

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一級, 樓梯

idioms:

• flight of stairs    一段樓梯

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (계단의) 한 단, (하나로 이어진) 계단

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 階段, 一段

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) درج, سلم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מדרגה‬

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