staff

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Sense of "group of military officers that assists a commander" and similar meanings, attested from 1702, is influenced by or is even from German.

Noun



 * 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.
 * 1) A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
 * 2)  The rung of a ladder.
 * 3) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
 * 4)  An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
 * 5)  The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
 * 6)  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.
 * 7)  A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line.
 * 1)  An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
 * 2)  The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line.
 * 1)  A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line.
 * 1)  A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:stick

Translations

 * Armenian:, ,
 * Basque: haga
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: sungkod
 * Chamicuro: chaskolo
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: stav, stang
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Erzya: мандо
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, ,
 * Georgian:, კვერთხი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: βακτηρία
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: liúr
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese: tongkat
 * Korean:
 * Latin: baculum, scīpiō
 * Macedonian: стап
 * Malagasy: ,
 * Malay:
 * Maori: turupou, huakau, titipou
 * Middle English: staf, potent
 * Norwegian: stav
 * Bokmål: stav
 * Occitan:
 * Old Javanese: tĕkĕn
 * Ottoman Turkish: دگنك, عصا
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bata
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: шта̑п
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:, , bakuľa
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ตะพด
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Zulu: induku


 * Afrikaans:
 * Basque: pentagrama
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: notliniaro
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: Notenlinien
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: kottavonal
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 五線
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: петолиние
 * Maori: tārawa
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cliabh
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, notrad
 * Vietnamese: khuông nhạc


 * Arabic: طَاقَم, طَاقِم
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: əməkdaşlar
 * Basque: pertsonal
 * Belarusian: персана́л, кадр, штат
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: stab,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: stabo, oficistaro
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: შტატი, პერსონალი
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: starfsfólk
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, , , 스태프
 * Lao: ພະນັກງານ
 * Macedonian: персона́л, кадар
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: kaimahi
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian: personale
 * Bokmål: ansatte
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, pracownicy
 * Portuguese:, , stafe ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: особље
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: personál
 * Slovene: osebje
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kalupunan
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: персона́л, ка́дри, штат
 * Uyghur: خىزمەتچى
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish: kuitukipsi
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: штаб
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: plana mayor
 * Ukrainian: штаб
 * Welsh:

Verb

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

Translations

 * Bulgarian: окомплектовам
 * Czech: najmout zaměstnance
 * Danish: forsyne med personale
 * Finnish:
 * French: doter en personnel
 * Greek:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: kadrolamak
 * Welsh:

Etymology
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Etymology 1
19th century. Obscure, possibly from or  (modern French )

Noun

 * , mixture of plaster and fibre

Etymology 2
20th century. From.

Noun

 * , employees of a business
 * 1) governing body (army, corporation, administration, etc.)
 * 1) governing body (army, corporation, administration, etc.)
 * 1) governing body (army, corporation, administration, etc.)

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  (people)

Etymology
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Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  employees

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) staff employees of a business; commanding officers