staff

personnel, équipe

L’ensemble des personnes qui travaillent pour une entreprise ou une organisation.

En anglais simple : The people who work for a business or organization.

• The staff are very helpful.
• We hired three new staff members.
• All staff must attend the meeting.

Synonymes : employees, workers, personnel

Expressions courantes : office staff, staff member, staff meeting, teaching staff

bâton

Long bâton solide servant d’appui pour marcher ou utilisé comme arme.

En anglais simple : A long, strong stick used to support someone walking or as a weapon.

• He carried a wooden staff.
• The traveler leaned on her staff while resting.
• The fighters raised their staffs before the match.

Synonymes : walking stick, rod

Expressions courantes : walking staff, wooden staff, carry a staff

portée

Ensemble de cinq lignes sur lesquelles on écrit les notes de musique.

En anglais simple : The set of five lines on which musical notes are written.

• Write the note on the staff.
• The notes sit on lines and spaces of the staff.
• Piano music usually uses two staffs joined together.

Synonymes : stave

Expressions courantes : musical staff, staff lines, treble staff

bâton de commandement, crosse

Bâton porté par un responsable pour représenter sa fonction ou son autorité.

En anglais simple : A pole or stick carried by an official as a sign of their position or power.

• The official carried a ceremonial staff.
• The bishop held his staff during the procession.
• Their decorated staffs showed their positions in the court.

Synonymes : staff of office

Expressions courantes : staff of office, ceremonial staff, bishop's staff

pourvoir en personnel

Fournir les personnes nécessaires au travail d’une entreprise, d’une organisation ou d’un lieu.

En anglais simple : To provide the people needed to work in a business, organization, or place.

• We need to staff the new shop.
• Volunteers staffed the help desk.
• The hospital is staffed by experienced doctors and nurses.

Comment l'utiliser : staff something with someone (They staffed the information desk with volunteers.); be staffed by someone (The clinic is staffed by local nurses.)

Synonymes : provide workers for

Expressions courantes : staff a shop, staff an office, staff a hospital