stairwell

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Etymology tree 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 English well English stairwell From stair + well.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَمُود السُّلَّم (ʕamūd as-sullam) — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Bulgarian: стълбищна шахта (stǎlbištna šahta) — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Catalan: caixa — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Catalan: caixer — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Catalan: buc — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Chinese Mandarin: 樓梯井 /楼梯井 (lóutījǐng) — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Danish: opgang — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Danish: trappehus — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Dutch: trappenhuis — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Esperanto: ŝtuparejo — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Finnish: rappukäytävä — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Finnish: porraskäytävä — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Finnish: porrashuone — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• French: cage d'escalier — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• German: Treppenhaus — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Greek: φρέαρ κλιμακοστασίου (fréar klimakostasíou) — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Hungarian: lépcsőház — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Icelandic: stigagangur — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Irish: log staighre — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Italian: tromba delle scale — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Italian: pozzo delle scale — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Japanese: 階段の吹き抜け (kaidan no fukinuke) — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Korean: 계단통 (gyedantong) — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Norwegian Bokmål: trappeoppgang — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trappeoppgang — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Polish: klatka schodowa — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Portuguese: poço — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Portuguese: poço das escadas — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Portuguese: poço da escadaria — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Russian: ле́стничный коло́дец (léstničnyj kolódec) — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Russian: подъе́зд (podʺjézd) — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Spanish: caja — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Spanish: hoyo de la escalera — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Spanish: pozo de la escalera — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Swedish: trapphus — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Swedish: trappuppgång — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
• Welsh: twll grisiau — a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase