Storey

English

Alternative forms

• story (US)

Etymology

From Middle English storie, from Medieval Latin historia (“narrative, illustration, story of a building”), from Latin, possibly from narratives painted on medieval buildings.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈstɔːɹi/, SAMPA: /"stO:ri/
• Rhymes: -ɔːri
• Homophone: story

Noun

Storey (plural Storeys)

1. A floor or level of a building or ship.

   For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.

Derived terms

• -storeyed

Translations

floor

American Sign Language: B@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-B@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown B@SideChesthigh-PalmDown-B@SideChesthigh-PalmDown Armenian: հարկ (hy) (hark) Croatian: kat (hr) m. Czech: podlaží (cs) n., patro (cs) n. Danish: etage (da) c. Dutch: verdieping (nl) f. French: étage (fr) m. German: Stock (de) m., Geschoss (de) n., Etage (de) f.

Hebrew: קוֹמָה (he) (komá) f. Icelandic: hæð (is) f. Macedonian: спрат (mk) (sprat) m., кат (mk) (kat) m. Portuguese: andar (pt), piso (pt) m. Russian: этаж (ru) m. Spanish: piso (es) m. Swedish: våning (sv) c. Telugu: అంతస్తు (te) (antastu)

See also

• 15px Storey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 15px storey in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Anagrams

• oyster
• Troyes