English → Latin
“stair” in Latin
gradusa step, pace; a grade; a stage, degreescālaladder; stairs (flight of steps)dēscēnsiōdescent, descending
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stair
gradus (a single step): scalae, -arum (a flight of steps, stairs): descensio (a flight of steps leading downward). To live up three pair of stairs, tribus scalis habitare (Mart., 1, 118, 7): up stairs, contra scalas: down stairs, secundum scalas: to throw anybody down stairs, aliquem per gradus dejicere: to fall down stairs, per gradus praecipitem ire.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stair?
- The usual Latin words for “stair” are gradus, scāla, dēscēnsiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.