downstairs
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /daʊnˈstɛɹz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daʊnˈstɛəz/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z
- Hyphenation: down‧stairs
Adjective[edit]
downstairs (not comparable)
- Located on a lower floor.
- The kids sleep in the downstairs bedroom, we sleep in the upstairs one.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
downstairs (adjective); a floor lower than the current one
Adverb[edit]
downstairs (not comparable)
- Down the stairs.
- I have to walk downstairs to leave the building.
- The lodger lives downstairs.
- (figurative) In or to hell.
- (slang, euphemistic) Regarding the genitalia.
- something wrong downstairs
Translations[edit]
downstairs (adverb)
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Noun[edit]
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.
- (slang, euphemistic) The genitalia.
- The wind lifted up her skirt and I caught a glimpse of her downstairs.
Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the genitalia
References[edit]
- “downstairs, adv., adj., and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2022.
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