second floor

American  

noun

1. the floor or story above the ground floor.

2. (in Britain and elsewhere outside the U.S.) the second story completely above ground level.

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second floor British  

noun

1. US and Canadian term: third floor.  the storey of a building immediately above the first and two floors up from the ground

2. British equivalent: first floor.  the floor or storey of a building immediately above the ground floor

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Etymology

Origin of second floor

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

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second floor

"In several hundred years, this is the first time the water has reached the second floor... Never before in history," said another resident, Bi Yunchun.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

The apartment is on the second floor of a fourplex, up a windowless staircase.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

“We co-led the Series A with Eric from Benchmark and the company started in our Entrepreneur in Residence/incubation space on the second floor of our old office,” Vassallo said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

We meet him in the middle of rehearsal week at Vienna's Museum of Science and Technology, where the second floor is full of early mechanical instruments and historical synthesisers.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

Neither of us says a word until I see him approaching the stairs that lead to the second floor, aka a place he never really goes because climbing is so painful for him.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone