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downstairs

adj
/daʊnˈstɛɹz/US/daʊnˈstɛəz/UK/daʊnˈsteːz/

Etymology

From down- + stair + -s.

  1. derived from *steygʰ-✻ — “to walk, proceed, march, climb”
  2. inherited from *staigriz✻ — “stairs, scaffolding”
  3. inherited from *staigri✻
  4. inherited from stǣġer — “stair, staircase”
  5. inherited from steire
  6. formed as downstairs — “down- + stair + -s”

Definitions

  1. Located on a lower floor.

    • The kids sleep in the downstairs bedroom; we sleep in the upstairs one.

  2. Down the stairs.

    • I have to walk downstairs to leave the building.
    • The lodger lives downstairs.

  3. In or to hell.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Regarding the genitalia.

      • something wrong downstairs

    2. The lower floor of a house, at ground level, or sometimes below.

      • We looked over the house; downstairs was spacious, but upstairs really cramped.

    3. The genitalia.

      • The wind lifted up her skirt and I caught a glimpse of her downstairs.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA