staff

Signification (Anglais)

1. A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
2. A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
3. The employees of a business.
4. A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
5. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
6. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
7. The rung of a ladder.
8. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
9. An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
10. The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
11. An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
12. A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line.

bâton

personnel

canne

portée

staff

gaule

cadres

équipe

fonctionnaire

état

effectifs

effectif

doter en personnel

baguette

fonctionnaires du FMI

membres des services du FMI

personnel du FMI

services du FMI

état-major

mât de pavillon

main d’oeuvre

ressources humaines

truc

direction

encadrement

employé de bureau

officier

crosse

soutien

sceptre

farcir

barreau

agent

faculté

atelier

barre

bourdon

houlette

perche

corps

brigade

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/stɑːf/

From Middle English staf, from Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stab, from Proto-Germanic *stabaz. Cognate with Dutch staf, German Stab, Swedish stav. Sense of "group of military officers that assists a commander" and similar meanings, attested from 1702, is influenced by or is even from German Stab.