staircase
English
/ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/
noun
Definitions
- A flight of stairs; a stairway.
- A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.
- A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.
Etymology
Compound from English stair + English case.
Origin
English
case
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airstair English
- backstair English
- bookcase English
- braincase English
- briefcase English
- business case English
- capcase English
- cardcase English
- casal English
- case English
- casebearer English
- casebearing English
- casebook English
- casebound English
- casefic English
- casefile English
- caseful English
- caseharden English
- casekeeper English
- caseless English
- caselike English
- caseload English
- casemaker English
- casemaking English
- caseman English
- caseness English
- casewise English
- casework English
- caseworker English
- caseworm English
- chaincase English
- clockcase English
- countercase English
- crankcase English
- discase English
- doorcase English
- downcase English
- downstair English
- downstairs English
- encase English
- flightcase English
- forestair English
- headcase English
- incase English
- intercase English
- intracase English
- longcase English
- meatcase English
- megacase English
- multicase English
- needlecase English
- noncase English
- notecase English
- nutcase English
- pencase English
- pillowcase English
- pipecase English
- podcase English
- recase English
- road case English
- sadcase English
- seedcase English
- showcase English
- slipcase English
- stair English
- staircaselike English
- stairchair English
- stairclimber English
- stairclimbing English
- staired English
- stairfoot English
- stairgate English
- stairhead English
- stairless English
- stairlift English
- stairlike English
- stairstep English
- stairtower English
- stairward English
- stairwards English
- stairway English
- stairwell English
- stairwise English
- stairwork English
- subcase English
- titlecase English
- toolcase English
- traycase English
- typecase English
- uncase English
- understair English
- unicase English
- uppercase English
- upstair English
- upstairs English
- watchcase English
- wingcase English
- keissi Finnish
- cas French
- кейс Russian
- ケース Japanese
- cas Middle English
- steire Middle English
- kazo Esperanto
- เคส Thai
- kes Malay
- case Chinese
- kesi Swahili
- ikesi Zulu
- kes Tok Pisin
- case
- stair
- casal
- recase
- encase
- uncase
- incase
- upstair
- unicase
- noncase
- sadcase
- staired
- podcase
- nutcase
- capcase
- subcase
- caseful
- caseman
- discase
- casefic
- pencase
- seedcase
- caseness
- casewise
- longcase
- caseworm
- traycase
- doorcase
- meatcase
- stairway
- wingcase
- notecase
- upstairs
- caselike
- slipcase
- casebook
- airstair
- toolcase
- megacase
- casework
- casefile
- typecase
- headcase
- showcase
- bookcase
- pipecase
- caseload
- downcase
- caseless
- cardcase
- stairwise
- clockcase
- multicase
- backstair
- stairwork
- intracase
- uppercase
- downstair
- braincase
- titlecase
- forestair
- briefcase
- crankcase
- watchcase
- stairstep
- casemaker
- road case
- stairward
- casebound
- stairgate
- stairless
- stairwell
- chaincase
- stairlift
- stairhead
- intercase
- stairfoot
- stairlike
- casekeeper
- stairtower
- casebearer
- flightcase
- stairwards
- downstairs
- casemaking
- caseworker
- pillowcase
- needlecase
- understair
- caseharden
- stairchair
- casebearing
- countercase
- stairclimber
- staircaselike
- stairclimbing
- business case