"Il y a un escalier."

Translation: There is a staircase.

[LouisaAnne]

One of the "correct" answers does not make sense in English: "There is a flight of staircase"

[lenoranon]

Well that would be spectacular, a flight of staircases! In a chevron formation, no doubt.

[helenvee]

The more common English idiomatic usage would be "a flight of stairs". Edited because I misread the original.

[Joelinguo]

Damned englishmen with all of their thingymajigs and whatsits

[kread18]

is there a different word in french for stair and staircase? Because I put "there is a stair" and it was not accepted.

[ThanKwee]

A stair is one step and would be "une marche". http://cnrtl.fr/definition/marche

2 Degré d'un escalier de longueur variée, par lequel on accède à un étage supérieur ou inférieur. Descendre, gravir, monter les marches d'un escalier, d'un perron.

[David_Bundy]

According to dictionary.com "a stair" can mean "a series or flight of steps"

[Gori16]

how about "There is a stairwell"?

[n6zs]

I think of a stairwell as an enclosed area. It is still a flight of stairs but it is set off by fire doors. I don't know if there is a separate word for that in French.

[ThanKwee]

Yes, there is = une cage d'escalier

[johnnycury]

Just out of curiosity, since I got it wrong, how would be "ladder" in French?

[ThanKwee]

Une échelle.

[kashnoorani]

What about "there is an escalator"? In English, you'd make a distinction between stairs and escalators.

[ThanKwee]

In French an escalator is "escalier roulant".

[kashnoorani]

thanks