Backstairs — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a second staircase at the rear of a building

secret and sly or sordid; ; - A.L.Guerard

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæmpəsᵻz/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌantɪpɹˈɛlət/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌantɪpɹˈɛlət/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæmpəsᵻz/.

Examples

backstairs gossip
his low backstairs cunning
backstairs intimacies

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

backstair furtive

Parts of Speech

noun	a second staircase at the rear of a building
adjective	secret and sly or sordid; ; - A.L.Guerard “backstairs gossip”

Word Forms

furtiveness

noun

a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Hintertreppe

eine zweite Treppe an der Rückseite eines Gebäudes

🇫🇷French

escalier de service

un deuxième escalier à l'arrière d'un immeuble

🇪🇸Spanish

escalera de servicio

una segunda escalera en la parte trasera de un edificio

🇮🇹Italian

sul retro

una seconda scala sul retro di un edificio

🇳🇱Dutch

achtertrap

een tweede trap aan de achterzijde van een gebouw

🇵🇹Portuguese

andar de trás

uma segunda escada na parte traseira de um edifício

🇷🇺Russian

за кулисами

вторая лестница в задней части здания

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चोरव्दार

किसी भवन के पीछे दूसरी सीढ़ी

🇧🇩Bengali

পিছনে

একটি বিল্ডিং এর পিছনে একটি দ্বিতীয় সিঁড়ি

🇮🇳Tamil

பின் மாடி

ஒரு கட்டிடத்தின் பின்புறத்தில் இரண்டாவது படிக்கட்டு

🇮🇳Telugu

వెనుక మెట్లు

భవనం వెనుక రెండవ మెట్లు

🇮🇳Marathi

मागच्या मजल्यावर

इमारतीच्या मागील बाजूस दुसरा जिना

🇮🇳Gujarati

બેકસ્ટેસ

ઇમારતની પાછળની બીજી સીડી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಂಭಾಗದ

ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ಹಿಂಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಎರಡನೇ ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲು

🇮🇳Malayalam

പുറകിൽ

ഒരു കെട്ടിടത്തിൻ്റെ പിൻഭാഗത്തുള്ള രണ്ടാമത്തെ ഗോവണി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਿਛਲੀਆਂ ਮੰਜ਼ਿਲਾਂ

ਇੱਕ ਇਮਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਇੱਕ ਦੂਜੀ ਪੌੜੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

پیچھے کی سیڑھیاں

عمارت کے عقب میں ایک دوسری سیڑھی۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

后楼

建筑物后面的第二个楼梯

🇯🇵Japanese

裏階

建物の裏側にある 2 番目の階段

🇰🇷Korean

비밀 수단

건물 뒤쪽의 두 번째 계단

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phía sau cầu thang

cầu thang thứ hai ở phía sau tòa nhà

🇹🇭Thai

ชั้นล่าง

บันไดที่สองที่ด้านหลังของอาคาร

🇮🇩Indonesian

tangga belakang

tangga kedua di bagian belakang gedung

🇵🇭Filipino

sa likod ng hagdanan

pangalawang hagdan sa likod ng isang gusali

🇲🇾Malay

tingkat belakang

tangga kedua di belakang bangunan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الطابق الخلفي

الدرج الثاني في الجزء الخلفي من المبنى

🇮🇷Persian

پشت پله ها

راه پله دوم در پشت ساختمان

🇹🇷Turkish

arka katta

bir binanın arkasındaki ikinci merdiven

🇮🇱Hebrew

המדרגות האחוריות

גרם מדרגות שני בחלקו האחורי של בניין

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