Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 34070 6915270 2009-07-01T15:35:32Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:zh:staff]] {{also|Staff}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} [[File:John William Waterhouse - Magic Circle.JPG|thumb|A woman drawing a circle with a staff]] ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|stæf}}, from {{proto|Germanic|staƀoz}}. Cognate with Dutch {{term|staf}}, German {{term|Stab}}, Swedish {{term|stav}}. ===Pronunciation=== * stäf, {{IPA|/stɑːf/}}, /<tt>stA:f</tt>/ * {{audio|En-us-staff.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|ɑːf}} <!-- is there also an -æf pronunciation? --> ===Noun=== {{en-noun|s|pl2=staves|-}} [[Image:Music-staff.png|thumb|right|A musical staff]] # ''(plural:'' '''staffs''' ''or'' '''staves''''')'' a [[long]], [[straight]] [[stick]], especially one used to assist in walking. # ''(plural:'' '''staves''''')'' {{music}} A [[series]] of [[horizontal]] [[line]]s on which [[music]]al [[note]]s are written. # ''(plural:'' '''staff''''')'' The [[employee]]s of a [[business]]. (e.g. The company employed 10 new staff this month.) # {{uncountable}} A mixture of [[plaster]] and [[fibre]] used as a temporary exterior wall covering (see [[w:Staff (building material)]]) ====Synonyms==== * {{sense|music}} [[stave]] * {{sense|employees}} [[personnel]] ====Related terms==== * [[member of staff]] * [[quarterstaff]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|long, straight stick}} * [[Chamicuro]]: {{tø|ccc|chaskolo}} * Croatian: [[štap]] {{m}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|hůl|f}} * Dutch: [[:nl:staf|staf]] {{m}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|sauva}}, {{t-|fi|salko}} * French: {{t+|fr|staff|m}}, {{t+|fr|canne|f}} * German: {{t+|de|Stab|m}} * Hebrew: {{t-|he|מקל|m|alt=מַקֵּל|sc=Hebr}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Ido]]: [[bastono]] * Indonesian: [[toya]] * Italian: {{t+|it|bastone|m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|стап|m|tr=stap|sc=Cyrl}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bengala|f}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|bata|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: [[štap]] {{m}}/[[штап]] {{m}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|bastón|m}}, {{t+|es|báculo|m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|series of horizontal lines}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|osnova|f}} * Dutch: [[balk]] {{m}}, [[notenbalk]] {{m}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|nuottiviivasto}} * French: {{t+|fr|portée|f}} * German: [[Notenlinien]] {{f|p}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|pentagramma|m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|петолиние|n|tr=petolínie|sc=Cyrl}} * Polish: {{t|pl|pięciolinia|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pauta|f}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|varas|f|p}}, {{t|es|pentagrama|f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|employees of a business}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|personál|m}} * Danish: [[stav]] {{c}}; [[stang]] {{c}}; [[stab]] {{c}}, [[personale]] {{n}} * Dutch: [[:nl:medewerkers|medewerkers]] {{m|p}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|henkilöstö}, {{t-|fi|henkilökunta}} * French: {{t+|fr|personnel|m}}, {{t+|fr|staff|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Belegschaft|f}}, {{t+|de|Personal|n}} * Italian: {{t+|it|personale|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|персонал|m|tr=personál|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|кадар|m|tr=kádar|sc=Cyrl}} * Polish: {{t|pl|personel|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pessoal|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|персонал|m|sc=Cyrl}} * Serbian: [[osoblje]] {{n}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|personal|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|personal}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * [[truncheon]] * [[club]] * [[cudgel]] * [[stick]] * [[baton]] * [[bludgeon]] * [[rod]] * [[cane]] ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{transitive}} to [[supply]] (a business) with [[employee]]s ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to supply with employees}} * Danish: forsyne med personale * Finnish: {{t+|fi|miehittää}} {{trans-mid}} * French: doter en personnel {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:English nouns with irregular plurals]] [[Category:English words with multiple plurals]] ---- ==French== ===Noun=== {{fr-noun|m|plural=staffs}} # A [[staff]] ([[cane]], [[walking stick]]). ---- ==Italian== ===Etymology=== {{etyl|en|it}} ===Noun=== '''staff''' {{m|inv}} # [[#English|staff]] (people) [[Category:Italian nouns]] [[ang:staff]] [[de:staff]] [[et:staff]] [[el:staff]] [[fr:staff]] [[io:staff]] [[it:staff]] [[hu:staff]] [[nl:staff]] [[pl:staff]] [[pt:staff]] [[simple:staff]] [[fi:staff]] [[ta:staff]] [[te:staff]] [[vi:staff]] [[zh:staff]]