staff
A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walkingA long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
» The fire must've broken out after the staff had gone home.
Пожежа очевидно розпочалась, коли працівники пішли додому.
Meaning
12 senses(countable, uncountable)A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
Stab
по́сохpósox, па́лкаpálka, жезлžezl
a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
(countable, uncountable)A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
Notenlinien
но́тный станnótnyj stan
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
(countable, uncountable)People employed by a business or other organisation.
The company employed 10 new members of staff this month.
The company has taken on 1600 more highly-paid staff.
Belegschaft, Personal, Stab
персона́лpersonál, ка́дрыkádry, штатštat
персона́лpersonál, ка́дриkádry, штатštat
(uncountable)A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.
building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
(countable, uncountable)A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
a constable's staff
(countable, uncountable)A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
(countable, uncountable)A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
(countable, uncountable)An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
(countable, uncountable)The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
(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.
Stab
штабštab
штабštab
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The rung of a ladder.
(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.
Examples
250 sentencesThe fire must've broken out after the staff had gone home.
Пожежа очевидно розпочалась, коли працівники пішли додому.
She is on the teaching staff.
I speak French to my staff.
Зі своїм персоналом я говорю французькою.
ruС моим персоналом я говорю по-французски.
deIch spreche mit meinem Personal Französisch.
I'll discuss it with my staff.
We have staff meetings on Monday.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English staf, from Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”), from Proto-WesFrom 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, Danish stav, Swedish stav.
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Forms
plural: staffs / staves / staffSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
82 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable