staff
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English stæf, from Proto-Germanic *stabaz. Cognate with Dutch staf, German Stab, Swedish stav.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: stäf, IPA: /stɑːf/, SAMPA: stA:f
- Rhymes: -ɑːf
- (North America, Northern England) IPA: /ˈstæf/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æf
[edit] Noun
staff (countable and uncountable; plural staffs or staves or staff)
- (plural staffs or staves) a long, straight stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- (music, plural staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written.
- (plural staff) The employees of a business.
- The company employed 10 new staff this month.
- 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, Guardian:
- Most staff do not have the skills to cope with such challenging patients, who too often receive "impersonal" care and suffer from boredom, the first National Audit of Dementia found. It says hospitals should introduce "dementia champions.
- (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering (see Wikipedia article)
[edit] Synonyms
- (music): stave
- (employees): personnel
- See also Wikisaurus:stick
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[edit] Translations
long, straight stick
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series of horizontal lines
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employees of a business
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[edit] Verb
staff (third-person singular simple present staffs, present participle staffing, simple past and past participle staffed)
- (transitive) to supply (a business) with employees
[edit] Translations
to supply with employees
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology 1
19th century - Obscure, possibly from German staffieren or Old French estofer (modern French étoffer)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /staf/
[edit] Noun
staff m. (plural staffs)
- staff, mixture of plaster and fibre.
- Le staff apparaît grâce au Français Mézier qui vers 1850 a l'idée de réaliser une première corniche préfabriquée armée d'une toile de jute. Dès lors l'emploi du staff se développe rapidement jusqu'à atteindre son apogée à la belle époque. (Wikipédia)
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[edit] Etymology 2
20th century - from English staff
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /staf/
[edit] Noun
staff m. (plural staffs)
- staff, employees of a business.
- les membres du staff.
- governing body (army, corporation, administration, etc.)
- Il avait été prévu une centaine d'infirmiers et un staff comprenant le médecin-chef, deux assistants, six internes. (H. Bazin, Fin asiles, 1959, p. 81)
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[edit] References
- "staff" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[edit] Italian
[edit] Etymology
English
[edit] Noun
staff m. inv.
- staff (people)
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