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m self-canon tr=tabaqe-ye pāyīn -> tabaqe-ye pâyîn in {{t|fa}} |
m replace <{{t|fa|طبقە پایین|tr=tabaqe-ye pâyîn}}> with <{{t|fa|طبقهٔ پایین|tr=tabaqe-ye pâyîn}}> (manually) |
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* Norman: {{t|nrf|à bas}} |
* Norman: {{t|nrf|à bas}} |
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* Old English: {{t|ang|niþre}} {{q|where}}, {{t|ang|niþer}} {{q|where to}} |
* Old English: {{t|ang|niþre}} {{q|where}}, {{t|ang|niþer}} {{q|where to}} |
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* Persian: {{t|fa| |
* Persian: {{t|fa|طبقهٔ پایین|tr=tabaqe-ye pâyîn}} |
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|na dole}} {{qualifier|where}}, {{t|pl|na dół}} {{qualifier|where to}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|na dole}} {{qualifier|where}}, {{t|pl|na dół}} {{qualifier|where to}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|embaixo}} |
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|embaixo}} |
Revision as of 00:01, 20 March 2023
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /daʊnˈstɛɹz/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /daʊnˈstɛəz/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z
- Hyphenation: down‧stairs
Adjective
downstairs (not comparable)
- Located on a lower floor.
- The kids sleep in the downstairs bedroom, we sleep in the upstairs one.
Translations
downstairs (adjective); a floor lower than the current one
Adverb
downstairs (not comparable)
- Living, stepping, or coming down the stairs.
- walk downstairs
- (figurative) In or to hell.
Translations
downstairs (adverb)
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Noun
downstairs (plural downstairs)
- The lower floor of a house, at ground level; especially the servants’ quarters.
- 1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices
- Now the two of them rattled around in the old house, even with his office and small clinic sharing the downstairs with the kitchen, parlor, and dining room.
- 1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices
- (slang, euphemistic) The genitalia.
- The wind lifted up her skirt and I caught a glimpse of her downstairs.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
the genitalia
References
- “downstairs, adv., adj., and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2022.
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- English lemmas
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- English adverbs
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- en:Genitalia