second floor

the floor or story above the ground floor.

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

Also called second story.

Origin of second floor

First recorded in 1815–25

He discovered his friend—the worse for wear and unsteady on her feet—in the second-floor living room.

‘I Saved My Friend From Bill Cosby’ |Lloyd Grove |December 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Neatly hung laundry still dangled over the main street from the second-floor balcony of an apartment above a blown-out storefront.

Who Is Behind Gaza's Mass Execution? |Jesse Rosenfeld |August 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The police subsequently searched Danvers High School and found blood in a second-floor bathroom.

Colleen Ritzer Is the Second U.S. Math Teacher Slain in Two Days |Michael Daly |October 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The honey cart full, Andrew puts the roof back on the hive and we take the elevator down to the second-floor kitchen.

Honey Harvest at the Waldorf Astoria’s Beehives |Josh Dzieza |August 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Often the lights in his second-floor City Hall office can be seen burning well past 10 p.m.

Three Strikes for Cleveland? |Mansfield Frazier |July 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In a sunny sitting-room on the second-floor sat Jasper Kent's father in a luxurious arm-chair.

Frank and Fearless |Horatio Alger Jr.
I retreated into the second-floor front room, and instantly shut the door after me.

My Miscellanies, Vol. 1 (of 2) |Wilkie Collins
There was nothing to prevent him by knocking down three walls from setting up a picture-gallery on the second-floor.

Sentimental Education, Volume II |Gustave Flaubert
"Sneak-thieves and second-floor thieves have quite replaced the old-fashioned midnight burglar," said Miss Caroline.

Boston Neighbours In Town and Out |Agnes Blake Poor
So he resolved to get out on the roof by the window that lighted the second-floor landing of the turret stair.

The Works of Honor de Balzac |Honor de Balzac

second floor

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

US and Canadian the floor or storey of a building immediately above the ground floor British equivalent: first floor