"état-major" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /e.ta.ma.ʒɔʁ/ Forms: états-majors [plural]
Etymology: From état (“group, college”) + major (“main, principal”). Etymology templates: {{af|fr|état|major|t1=group, college|t2=main, principal}} état (“group, college”) + major (“main, principal”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|états-majors}} état-major m (plural états-majors)
  1. (military) general staff, high command, headquarters (group of officers in charge of an army under the control of the commander-in-chief) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-état-major-fr-noun-smGvy3wp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 41 10 19 2 28 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (military) headquarters (military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-état-major-fr-noun-GWR5HAmk Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (politics) administrative staff (body of staff that administers a political party) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-état-major-fr-noun-fE7fqNrK Topics: government, politics
  4. (business) senior management (group of people in charge of a corporation) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-état-major-fr-noun-KPdgCL-Q Topics: business
  5. (informal, by extension) any administrative body aimed at aiding a professional or academic in their work Tags: broadly, informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-état-major-fr-noun-YtuoEq5U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: quartier général

Inflected forms

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