downstairs
adverb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L189332 on Wikidata ↗adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L336258 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /daʊnˈstɛɹz/ / /daʊnˈstɛəz/ / /daʊnˈsteːz/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English down- Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair Middle English -es English -s English downstairs From down- + stair + -s.
- Located on a lower floor.
“The kids sleep in the downstairs bedroom; we sleep in the upstairs one.”
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English down- Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair Middle English -es English -s English downstairs From down- + stair + -s.
- Down the stairs.
“I have to walk downstairs to leave the building.”
“The lodger lives downstairs.”
- In or to hell.
- Regarding the genitalia.
“something wrong downstairs”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English down- Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair Middle English -es English -s English downstairs From down- + stair + -s.
- The lower floor of a house, at ground level, or sometimes below.
“We looked over the house; downstairs was spacious, but upstairs really cramped.”
- The lower floor of a house, at ground level, or sometimes below.
“The family tried to ignore gossip from downstairs.”
“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.”
- The genitalia.
“The wind lifted up her skirt and I caught a glimpse of her downstairs.”