état-major
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See also: état major
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From état (“group, college”) + major (“main, principal”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
état-major m (plural états-majors)
- (military) general staff, high command, headquarters (group of officers in charge of an army under the control of the commander-in-chief)
- (military) headquarters (military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued)
- (politics) administrative staff (body of staff that administers a political party)
- (business) senior management (group of people in charge of a corporation)
- (informal, by extension) any administrative body aimed at aiding a professional or academic in their work
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “état-major”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.