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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "level staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "member of staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "offset staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "orange staff sergeant" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "paddle-staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "quarterstaff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "ragged staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "set up one's staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "short-staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "skeleton staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "speaker's staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff angle" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff captain" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff college" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff corps" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff function" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staffless" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff nurse" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff of Asclepius" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff officer" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff of life" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staffroom" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff sergeant" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff sling" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff surgeon" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff system" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff tree" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff up" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "staff vine" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "station staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "tau staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "treble staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "verge-staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "verge staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "vine-staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "vine staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "waiting staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "wait staff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "whipstaff" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "wring-staff" } ], "descendants": [ { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "fr", "2": "staff", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ French: staff", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ French: staff" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "it", "2": "staff", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Italian: staff", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Italian: staff" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ja", "2": "スタッフ", "bor": "1", "tr": "sutaffu" }, "expansion": "→ Japanese: スタッフ (sutaffu)", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Japanese: スタッフ (sutaffu)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ko", "2": "스태프", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Korean: 스태프 (seutaepeu)", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Korean: 스태프 (seutaepeu)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ms", "2": "staf", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Malay: staf", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Malay: staf" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "pt", "2": "stafe", "alts": "1", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Portuguese: stafe, staff, estafe (Brazil)", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Portuguese: stafe, staff, estafe (Brazil)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "es", "2": "staff", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Spanish: staff", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Spanish: staff" } ], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*stebʰ-" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "staf" }, "expansion": "Middle English staf", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "stæf", "t": "letter of the alphabet" }, "expansion": "Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gmw-pro", "3": "*stab" }, "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *stab", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*stabaz" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stabaz", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "staf" }, "expansion": "Dutch staf", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "Stab" }, "expansion": "German Stab", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "stav" }, "expansion": "Swedish stav", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "From 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, Swedish stav.\nSense of \"group of military officers that assists a commander\" and similar meanings, attested from 1702, is influenced by or is even from German Stab.", "forms": [ { "form": "staffs", "head_nr": 1, "tags": [ "plural" ] }, { "form": "staves", "head_nr": 1, "tags": [ "plural" ] }, { "form": "staff", "head_nr": 1, "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "~", "2": "s", "3": "staves", "4": "staff" }, "expansion": "staff (countable and uncountable, plural staffs or staves or staff)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "baton" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "bludgeon" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "cane" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "club" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "cudgel" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "rod" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "stick" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "truncheon" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:11, column 2:", "text": "And thus ſhall ye eate it [the lamb]: with your loines girded, your ſhooes on your feet, and your ſtaffe in your hand: and ye ſhall eate it in haſte: it is the Lords Paſſeouer.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:", "text": "The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking." ], "head_nr": 1, "id": "en-staff-en-noun-BMWlL46C", "links": [ [ "staffs", "staffs#English" ], [ "staves", "staves#English" ], [ "rod", "rod" ], [ "stick", "stick" ] ], "qualifier": "plural staffs or staves", "raw_glosses": [ "(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking." ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "cʻup", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "ցուպ" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "jeṙnapʻayt", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "ձեռնափայտ" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "gavazan", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "գավազան" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "haga" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "tojága", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "тоя́га" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bastó" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "ceb", "lang": "Cebuano", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "sungkod" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "ccc", "lang": "Chamicuro", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "chaskolo" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "桿" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "gǎn", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "杆" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "bàng", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "棒" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "zhàng", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "杖" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "hůl" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "tyč" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "stav" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "stang" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "staf" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "egy", "lang": "Egyptian", "roman": "tjsw", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "ti-sw-w-xt" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "myv", "lang": "Erzya", "roman": "mando", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "мандо" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "bastono" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "sauva" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bâton" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "canne" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "caxato" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bastón" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bordón" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "ǯoxi", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "ჯოხი" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "ḳvertxi", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "კვერთხი" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Stab" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "rávdos", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ράβδος" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ravdí", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ραβδί" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "baktēría", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "βακτηρία" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "makél", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "מַקֵּל" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "maté", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "מַטֶּה" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "bot" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "rúd" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "bastono" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "tongkat" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "liúr" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bastone" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "asta" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "alt": "つえ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tsue", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "杖" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "alt": "ぼう", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "bō", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "棒" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "jv", "lang": "Javanese", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "tongkat" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "makdaegi", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "막대기" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "makdae", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "막대" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "baculum" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "scīpiō" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "stap", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "стап" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "mg", "lang": "Malagasy", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "langilangy" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "mg", "lang": "Malagasy", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "tehina" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "tongkat" }, { "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "long, 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(sutaffu)", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Japanese: スタッフ (sutaffu)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ko", "2": "스태프", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Korean: 스태프 (seutaepeu)", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Korean: 스태프 (seutaepeu)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ms", "2": "staf", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Malay: staf", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Malay: staf" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "pt", "2": "stafe", "alts": "1", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Portuguese: stafe, staff, estafe (Brazil)", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Portuguese: stafe, staff, estafe (Brazil)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "es", "2": "staff", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Spanish: staff", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Spanish: staff" } ], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*stebʰ-" }, "expansion": "", "name": "root" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "staf" }, "expansion": "Middle English staf", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "stæf", "t": "letter of the alphabet" }, "expansion": "Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gmw-pro", "3": "*stab" }, "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *stab", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*stabaz" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stabaz", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "staf" }, "expansion": "Dutch staf", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "Stab" }, "expansion": "German Stab", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "stav" }, "expansion": "Swedish stav", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "From 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, Swedish stav.\nSense of \"group of military officers that assists a commander\" and similar meanings, attested from 1702, is influenced by or is even from German Stab.", "forms": [ { "form": "staffs", "head_nr": 1, "tags": [ "plural" ] }, { "form": "staves", "head_nr": 1, "tags": [ "plural" ] }, { "form": "staff", "head_nr": 1, "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "~", "2": "s", "3": "staves", "4": "staff" }, "expansion": "staff (countable and uncountable, plural staffs or staves or staff)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "word": "baton" }, { "word": "bludgeon" }, { "word": "cane" }, { "word": "club" }, { "word": "cudgel" }, { "word": "rod" }, { "word": "stick" }, { "word": "truncheon" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:11, column 2:", "text": "And thus ſhall ye eate it [the lamb]: with your loines girded, your ſhooes on your feet, and your ſtaffe in your hand: and ye ſhall eate it in haſte: it is the Lords Paſſeouer.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:", "text": "The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking." ], "head_nr": 1, "links": [ [ "staffs", "staffs#English" ], [ "staves", "staves#English" ], [ "rod", "rod" ], [ "stick", "stick" ] ], "qualifier": "plural staffs or staves", "raw_glosses": [ "(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking." ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Music" ], "glosses": [ "A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave." ], "head_nr": 1, "links": [ [ "music", "music" ], [ "staffs", "staffs#English" ], [ "staves", "staves#English" ], [ "series", "series" ], [ "horizontal", "horizontal" ], [ "line", "line" ], [ "note", "note" ], [ "stave", "stave" ] ], "qualifier": "plural staffs or staves", "raw_glosses": [ "(music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave." ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "topics": [ "entertainment", "lifestyle", "music" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "The company employed 10 new members of staff this month.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "The company has taken on 1600 more highly-paid staff.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1940 July, “Notes and News: A Magnificent Transport Achievement”, in Railway Magazine, page 419:", "text": "No department of the Southern Railway escaped some share of the work involved, and the outdoor traffic and locomotive staffs in particular were engaged literally night and day, snatching a few hours' sleep as opportunity offered, until the task was completed.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian:", "text": "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\".", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2023 November 25, Rebecca Rose, “How old is too old for a profile pic?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 22:", "text": "It turns out that, in journalistic terms, and especially at the FT, where many staff see out their entire careers, seven years is nothing.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "The employees of a business." ], "head_nr": 1, "links": [ [ "staff", "staff#English" ], [ "staffs", "staffs#English" ], [ "employee", "employee" ], [ "business", "business" ] ], "qualifier": "plural staff or staffs", "raw_glosses": [ "(plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business." ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English uncountable nouns" ], "glosses": [ "A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ" ], "head_nr": 1, "links": [ [ "plaster", "plaster" ], [ "fibre", "fibre" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ" ], "tags": [ "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "a constable's staff", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 122, column 2:", "text": "Me thought this ſtaffe mine Office-badge in Court / Was broke in twaine:", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC:", "text": "All his officers brake their staves; but at their return new staves were delivered unto them.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office." ], "head_nr": 1, "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "glosses": [ "A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed." ], "head_nr": 1, "links": [ [ "flag", "flag" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with archaic senses", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1739, John Campbell, The Travels and Adventures of Edward Bevan, Esq.:", "text": "I ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and thirty-nine staves.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "The rung of a ladder." ], "head_nr": 1, "links": [ [ "rung", "rung" ], [ "ladder", "ladder" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(archaic) The rung of a ladder." ], "tags": [ "archaic", "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1697, Virgil, “To the Most Honourable John, Lord Marquess of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, &c. and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page [192]:", "text": "Mr. Cowley had found out, that no kind of Staff is proper for an Heroick Poem; as being all too lirical:", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave." ], "head_nr": 1, "links": [ [ "stave", "stave" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Engineering" ], "glosses": [ "An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch." ], "head_nr": 1, "links": [ [ "engineering", "engineering#Noun" ], [ "arbor", "arbor" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch." ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "topics": [ "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Surgery" ], "glosses": [ "The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder." ], "head_nr": 1, "links": [ [ "surgery", "surgery" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder." ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "topics": [ "medicine", "sciences", "surgery" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations", "en:Military" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 49.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 217:", "text": "At the head of that division which had Westminster Bridge for its approach to the scene of action, Lord George Gordon took his post; with Gashford at his right hand, and sundry ruffians, of most unpromising appearance, forming a kind of staff about him.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "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." ], "head_nr": 1, "links": [ [ "military", "military" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. 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[…] The next train through Tooban was our opposite number, and we duly received the vital staff.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1951 November, R. K. Kirkland, “The Wimbledon and West Croydon Line of the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 726:", "text": "The unusual rolling stock, the fare collection methods, and the exchange of train staffs make it quite clear that here is something out of the ordinary run of suburban electric lines.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line." ], "head_nr": 1, "links": [ [ "rail transport", "rail transport" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(rail transport, archaic) A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line." ], "tags": [ "archaic", "countable", "uncountable" ], "topics": [ "rail-transport", "railways", "transport" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "enpr": "stäf" }, { "ipa": "/stɑːf/" }, { "ipa": "[stɑːf]", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "[stäːf]", "tags": [ "General-Australian", "New-Zealand" ] }, { "ipa": "[stɐːf]", "tags": [ "General-Australian", "New-Zealand" ] }, { "enpr": "stăf" }, { "ipa": "/stæf/" }, { "ipa": "[stæf]", "tags": [ "Canada", "US" ] }, { "ipa": "[stɛəf]", "tags": [ "Canada", "US" ] }, { "ipa": "[steəf]", "tags": [ "Canada", "US" ] }, { "ipa": "[staf]", "tags": [ "Ireland", "Northern-England", "Scotland" ] }, { "ipa": "[stäf]", "tags": [ "Ireland", "Northern-England", "Scotland" ] }, { "audio": "En-us-staff.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/En-us-staff.ogg/En-us-staff.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/En-us-staff.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-ɑːf" }, { "rhymes": "-æf" } ], "synonyms": [ { "sense": "piece of wood", "word": "stick" }, { "topics": [ "music", "entertainment", "lifestyle" ], "word": "stave" }, { "sense": "employees", "word": "personnel" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "cʻup", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "ցուպ" }, { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "jeṙnapʻayt", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "ձեռնափայտ" }, { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "gavazan", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "գավազան" }, { "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "haga" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "tojága", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "тоя́га" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bastó" }, { "code": "ceb", "lang": "Cebuano", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "sungkod" }, { "code": "ccc", "lang": "Chamicuro", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "chaskolo" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "桿" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "gǎn", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "杆" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "bàng", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "棒" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "zhàng", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "杖" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "hůl" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "tyč" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "stav" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "stang" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "staf" }, { "code": "egy", "lang": "Egyptian", "roman": "tjsw", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "ti-sw-w-xt" }, { "code": "myv", "lang": "Erzya", "roman": "mando", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "мандо" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "bastono" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "sauva" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bâton" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "canne" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "caxato" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bastón" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bordón" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "ǯoxi", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "ჯოხი" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "ḳvertxi", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "კვერთხი" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Stab" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "rávdos", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ράβδος" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ravdí", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ραβδί" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "baktēría", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "βακτηρία" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "makél", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "מַקֵּל" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "maté", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "מַטֶּה" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "bot" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "rúd" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "bastono" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "tongkat" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "liúr" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bastone" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "asta" }, { "alt": "つえ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "tsue", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "杖" }, { "alt": "ぼう", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "bō", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "棒" }, { "code": "jv", "lang": "Javanese", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "tongkat" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "makdaegi", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "막대기" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "makdae", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "막대" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "baculum" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "scīpiō" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "stap", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "стап" }, { "code": "mg", "lang": "Malagasy", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "langilangy" }, { "code": "mg", "lang": "Malagasy", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "tehina" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "tongkat" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "turupou" }, { "code": "mi", "english": "when used as a weapon", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "huakau" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "titipou" }, { "code": "enm", "lang": "Middle English", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "staf" }, { "code": "enm", "lang": "Middle English", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "potent" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "stav" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "stav" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "baston" }, { "code": "kaw", "lang": "Old Javanese", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "tĕkĕn" }, { "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "değenek", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "دگنك" }, { "code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "ʼasa", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "عصا" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "'asâ", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "عصا" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "laska" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "kij" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "cajado" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pósox", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "по́сох" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pálka", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "па́лка" }, { "code": "ru", "english": "rod, wand", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "žezl", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "жезл" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bata" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "masculine" ], "word": "шта̑п" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "Roman", "masculine" ], "word": "štȃp" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "palica" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "žrď" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "bakuľa" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bastón" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "báculo" }, { "code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "fimbo" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "stav" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "dtà-pót", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "ตะพด" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "baston" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "asa" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "word": "çomak" }, { "code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking", "tags": [ "class-10", "class-9" ], "word": "induku" }, { "code": "af", "lang": "Afrikaans", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "word": "balk" }, { "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "word": "pentagrama" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "petolínie", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "петоли́ние" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pentagrama" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "word": "譜表" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "pǔbiǎo", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "word": "谱表" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "osnova" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "balk" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "notenbalk" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "word": "notliniaro" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "word": "nuottiviivasto" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "portée" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pentagrama" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "Notenlinien" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "pentágrammo", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "πεντάγραμμο" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "word": "kottavonal" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pentagramma" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "rigo" }, { "alt": "ふひょう", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "fuhyō", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "word": "譜表" }, { "alt": "ごせん", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "gosen", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "word": "五線" }, { "alt": "譜表", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "bopyo", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "word": "보표" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "petolinie", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "петолиние" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "word": "tārawa" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "portada" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pięciolinia" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pauta" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "portativ" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nótnyj stan", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "но́тный стан" }, { "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "cliabh" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "feminine", "plural" ], "word": "varas" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pauta" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pentagrama" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "rad" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "notrad" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written", "word": "khuông nhạc" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭāqam", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "طَاقَم" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṭāqim", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "طَاقِم" }, { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "anjnakazm", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "անձնակազմ" }, { "code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "əməkdaşlar" }, { "code": "eu", "lang": "Basque", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "pertsonal" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "pjersanál", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "персана́л" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "kádry", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "ка́дры" }, { "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "štat", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "штат" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "štat", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "щат" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "personál", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "персона́л" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "staff" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "plantilla" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "員工" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "yuángōng", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "员工" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "人員" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "rényuán", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "人员" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "工作人員" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "gōngzuò rényuán", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "工作人员" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "personál" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "stab" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "personale" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "plural" ], "word": "medewerkers" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "personeel" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "stabo" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "oficistaro" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "henkilöstö" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "henkilökunta" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "personnel" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "persoal" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "šṭaṭi", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "შტატი" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "ṗersonali", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "პერსონალი" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Belegschaft" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Personal" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Stab" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "Mitarbeiter" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "prosopikó", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "προσωπικό" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "epiteleío", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "επιτελείο" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "ségel", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "סֶגֶל" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "személyzet" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "starfsfólk" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "foireann" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "personale" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "organico" }, { "alt": "じゅうぎょういん", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "jūgyōin", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "従業員" }, { "alt": "しょくいん", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "shokuin", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "職員" }, { "alt": "かんけいしゃ", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kankeisha", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "関係者" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "sutaffu", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "スタッフ" }, { "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "bokkĕəʼlɨk", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "បុគ្គលិក" }, { "alt": "人員", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "inwon", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "인원" }, { "alt": "職員", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jigwon", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "직원" }, { "alt": "從業員", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jong'eobwon", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "종업원" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "seutaepeu", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "스태프" }, { "code": "lo", "lang": "Lao", "roman": "pha nak ngān", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "ພະນັກງານ" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "personál", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "персона́л" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "kadar", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "кадар" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "kakitangan" }, { "code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "jīvanakkāraṉ", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ജീവനക്കാരൻ" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "note": "kaimahi (Preceded by the article ‘ngā’ to make the term plural.)", "sense": "employees of a business" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "personale" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "ansatte" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "personel", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "پرسنل" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "kâdr", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "کادر" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "personel" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "plural" ], "word": "pracownicy" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pessoal" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "staff" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "Portugal", "masculine" ], "word": "stafe" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "Brazil", "masculine" ], "word": "estafe" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "personal" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "personál", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "персона́л" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "kádry", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "ка́дры" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "štat", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "штат" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "neuter" ], "word": "особље" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "Roman", "neuter" ], "word": "osoblje" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "personál" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "osebje" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "personal" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "equipo" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "empleado" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "plantilla" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "plantel" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "note": "of a vehicle", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "tripulación" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "personal" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "kalupunan" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "pá-nák-ngaan", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "พนักงาน" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "personel" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "personál", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "персона́л" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "kádry", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "ка́дри" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "štat", "sense": "employees of a business", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "штат" }, { "code": "ug", "lang": "Uyghur", "roman": "xizmetchi", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "خىزمەتچى" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "employees of a business", "word": "nhân viên" }, { "code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "employees of a business", 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