banister

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• /ˈbænɪstɚ/
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English and Norman surname, variant of Bannister.

Alteration of earlier barrester, ballester, corruptions of baluster.

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَرَابْزُون (darābzūn) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Arabic: دَرَبْزين (darabzīn) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Bulgarian: парапет (parapet) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Catalan: arrambador — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Chinese Mandarin: 欄杆 (lángān) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Czech: zábradlí — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Dutch: baluster — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Dutch: leuning — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Finnish: kaide — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Finnish: kaidepuu — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Finnish: porraskaide — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• French: rampe — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• German: Geländer — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Greek: κιγκλίδωμα (kigklídoma) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Hebrew: מעקה — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Hungarian: lépcsőkorlát — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Icelandic: handrið — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Icelandic: stigahandrið — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Irish: banastar — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Italian: ringhiera — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Japanese: 手摺 (tesuri) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Japanese: 手すり (tesuri) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Japanese: 欄干 (rankan) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Korean: 난간 (nan'gan) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Korean: 란간 (ran'gan) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Luxembourgish: Trapegelänner — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Macedonian: геле́ндер (gelénder) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Macedonian: парапе́т (parapét) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Norwegian: gelender — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Persian: طارمی (târami) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Plautdietsch: Wolm — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Polish: poręcz — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Portuguese: corrimão — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Russian: пери́ла (períla) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Russian: по́ручень (póručenʹ) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Serbo-Croatian: gelender — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Serbo-Croatian: rukohvat — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Spanish: barandal — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Spanish: pasamano — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Spanish: barandilla — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Swedish: trappräcke — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Tibetan: ལག་འཇུ (lag 'ju) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Turkish: tırabzan — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Turkish: küpeşte — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Ottoman Turkish: پرمقلق (parmaklık) — the handrail on the side of a staircase
• Catalan: balustre — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Czech: sloupek zábradlí — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Finnish: kaidepinna — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• French: balustre — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• German: Geländerpfosten — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Greek: κάγκελο (kágkelo) — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Hungarian: korlátbáb — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Hungarian: mellvédbáb — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Hungarian: baluszter — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Icelandic: rimill — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Icelandic: pílári í handriði — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Icelandic: brjóstriðssúla — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Icelandic: speli — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Icelandic: spæll — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Irish: banastar — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Irish: runga — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Portuguese: balaústre — one of the vertical supports of a handrail
• Russian: баля́сина (baljásina) — one of the vertical supports of a handrail