downstairs

English

Etymology

down- +‎ stair +‎ -s

Pronunciation

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Adjective

downstairs (not comparable)

A floor lower than the current one.

Adverb

downstairs (not comparable)

living, stepping, or coming down the stairs

Translations

downstairs (adverb)

Catalan: a baix (ca), escala avall (where to)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 樓下 (zh), 楼下 (zh) (lóuxià)
Dutch: beneden (nl)
French: au-dessous (fr), en bas (fr)
German: unten (de), treppab (de), treppabwärts, nach unten
Indonesian: lantai bawah
Sundanese: landeh
Italian: giù (it)
Japanese: 階下 (かいか, kaika)
Korean: 아래층에 (ko) (araecheung-e), 아래층으로 (ko) (araecheung-euro) (where to)

Latvian: lejup, lejā, apakšējā stāvā
Neapolitan: abbascio
Norman: à bas
Polish: na dole (where), na dół (where to)
Portuguese: embaixo (pt)
Russian: внизу́ (ru) (vnizú) (where), на ни́жнем этаже́ (na nížnem etažé) (where); вниз (ru) (vniz) (where to), на ни́жний эта́ж (na nížnij etáž) (where to)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dołojce
Spanish: abajo (es)
Volapük: dono (vo)

Noun

downstairs (plural downstairs)

The lower floor of a house, at ground level.
- 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

upstairs

Translations

the genitalia

French: en bas (fr)
Italian: di sotto, giù (it)

Korean: please add this translation if you can

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