noun
storey
STAW-rih
noun
1
A level or floor of a building.
"The house has three storeys plus an attic."
How to Use Storey
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishOne level of a multi-floor building.
UK vs US
"Storey" (with the e) is the standard British spelling; American English writes "story" for both the building-level and narrative senses.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
storeys plural, stories plural
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Etymology
From Middle English story, ultimately from Latin historia ("narrative"), possibly because medieval buildings often had picture-friezes telling a story on each level. It's a doublet of both story and history.