- first floor
- noun Date: 15th century 1. ground floor 1 2. chiefly British the floor next above the ground floor
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first floor
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First floor — First First (f[ e]rst), a. [OE. first, furst, AS. fyrst; akin to Icel. fyrstr, Sw. & Dan. f[ o]rste, OHG. furist, G. f[ u]rst prince; a superlatiye form of E. for, fore. See {For}, {Fore}, and cf. {Formeer}, {Foremost}.] 1. Preceding all others… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
first floor — n 1.) the first floor BrE the floor of a building just above the one at the bottom level →↑ground floor ▪ a flat on the first floor 2.) the first floor AmE the floor of a building at the bottom level ▪ Fire broke out on the first floor of the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
first floor — first floors 1) N COUNT: usu the N in sing The first floor of a building is the floor immediately above the one at ground level. [BRIT] (in AM, use second floor) 2) N COUNT: usu the N in sing The first floor of a building is the one at ground… … English dictionary
first floor — first′ floor′ n. 1) bui the ground floor of a building 2) bui Chiefly Brit. the floor next above the ground floor of a building • Etymology: 1655–65 … From formal English to slang
first-floor — ˌfirst ˈfloor ; adjective only before noun • a first floor flat/apartment Main entry: ↑first floorderived … Useful english dictionary
first floor — n. 1. the ground floor of a building 2. chiefly in Europe and Great Britain, the floor above this … English World dictionary
first floor — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
first floor — Second Sec ond, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly, following, fr. sequi to follow. See {Sue} to follow, and cf. {Secund}.] 1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occurring again; another;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
first-floor — adj. First floor is used with these nouns: ↑apartment, ↑bedroom, ↑flat, ↑gallery, ↑landing, ↑room, ↑window … Collocations dictionary
first floor, the — noun 1. ) AMERICAN the floor of a building which is at the same level as the ground outside. British ground floor: GROUND FLOOR: The lobby is on the first floor. 2. ) BRITISH the second floor of a building … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
First Floor Apartment Amsterdam — (Амстердам,Нидерланды) Категория отеля: Адрес: Buiksloterdijk 296 … Каталог отелей
