first floor

American  

noun

1. the ground floor of a building.

2. the floor above the ground floor of a building.

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first floor British  

noun

1. US and Canadian term: second floor. the floor or storey of a building immediately above the ground floor

2. another term for ground floor

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Etymology

Origin of first floor

First recorded in 1655–65

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Example Sentences

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first floor

The store run by SEK Community Food Shop welcomed the public to its home on the first floor of The Pentagon Centre in Chatham.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The first floor of the JapanLA store in Fairfax is full of stuffed toys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

After Jones shows me the lobby, we go up to the first floor, where we walk down a hall decorated with screenprints of old local maps to a guest room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The landslide buried the first floor of an apartment building in the south-eastern city of Geoje on Monday morning.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

The elevator’s broken, so we take the stairs to the first floor and knock on Miz Rita’s door.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

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