staff

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
2. (countable, uncountable) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
3. (countable, form-of, plural, uncountable) plural of staffer
4. (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
5. (countable, uncountable) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
6. (countable, uncountable) A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
7. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The rung of a ladder.
8. (countable, uncountable) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
9. (countable, uncountable) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
10. (countable, uncountable) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
11. (countable, uncountable) 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. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line.

Verb

To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.

Concepts

bâton

personnel

canne

portée

cadres

équipe

gaule

staff

fonctionnaire

effectif

état

effectifs

farcir

officier

perche

sceptre

soutien

truc

barreau

employé de bureau

🧑‍💼

encadrement

houlette

main d’oeuvre

mât de pavillon

ressources humaines

fonctionnaires du FMI

services du FMI

personnel du FMI

agent

membres des services du FMI

atelier

baguette

barre

bourdon

brigade

corps

crosse

direction

doter en personnel

état-major

faculté

Synonymes

stick

personnel

rod

cane

pole

walking stick

stave

club

cudgel

shaft

crew

baton

crutch

🩼

wand

bar

man

👨

stake

team

spar

work force

headquarters

mace

walking-stick

faculty

truncheon

support

employees

handle

crook

bat

🦇

officer

employee

staff member

post

lathi

scepter

human resources

bludgeon

membership

sceptre

bank clerk

leg

🦵

workers

board

crozier

flagstaff

fishing rod

workforce

spear

manpower

worker

strut

staff officer

verge

perch

ferule

composition

service

serviceman

set

shillalah

shillelagh

walking cane

soldier

sprig

stabilizer

staffer

stanchion

subserve

supporter

switch

tally

tie rod

tribe

twig

valet

warder

workshop

yard

measure of length

inside the department

management

Fund staff

boy scout staff

members of group

members of staff

staff members

army afficer

crutched/walking stick

staff organization

supporting pillar

brace strut

support stand

buckstay

hair mortar

support pillar

supporting block

billot

supporting column

stand leg

supporting strut

strut rod

prop mainstay

support leg

support post

post column

hemp-fibred plaster

hemp cut lime paste

personne

advisors

a personnel

aid

alpenstock

arrow

ax

axe

🪓

bacteria

balance shaft

bandy

big stick

billy

birch

blackjack

bloc

bracing

brigade

cadre

cast

circle

⭕

clerk

clique

college

collegium

column

company

complement

crosier

drub

employ

executive

fill

group

hire

ingot

labor

labour force

leaders

letter

lever

member

occupy

office worker

🧑‍💼

official

organization

panel

pedestal

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

pier

pillar

proletariat

prop

reed

regular

rung

score

secretaries

serve

Traductions

Stab

bastón

personal

Personal

staf

Belegschaft

Stock

vara

stok

personeel

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/stɑːf/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: staf

Hérité de ancien anglais: stæf

Appartenant à néerlandais: staf

Appartenant à allemand: Stab

Appartenant à suédois: stav

In summary

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.

Phrases

They are room staff who perform the work of admission and control , and seller-speaker.

Ce sont du personnel de chambre qui effectue le travail d'admission et de contrôle, et le vendeur.