staff ===> personnel , effectif de la socièté

staff

[stɑ:f]( pl staves )
noun

1.

[work force] personnel m [teachers] professeurs mpl, personnel m enseignant the company has a staff of fifty     l'effectif de la société est de cinquante personnes we have ten lawyers on the staff notre personnel comprend dix avocats is he staff or a member of staff? est-ce qu'il fait partie du personnel? staff/student ratio taux m d'encadrement des étudiants

2.	military & politics état-major m

3.	(plural also staves [stɑ:vz]) [rod] bâton m [flagpole] mât m [for shepherd] houlette f [for bishop] crosse f, bâton m pastoral (UK) [in surveying] jalon m technology (figurative) [support] soutien m the staff of life a. [bread] l'aliment de base b. (figurative) le pain et le sel de la vie

4.	(plural also staves [stɑ:vz]) music portée f

staff

[stɑ:f]
compound
[canteen, outing etc]====> du personnel
staff training ====> formation f du personnel

staff

[stɑ:f]
transitive verb
(usually passive) pourvoir en personnel
the branch is staffed by or with competent people====> le personnel de la succursale est compétent
the committee is completely staffed by volunteers=====> le comité est entièrement composé de bénévoles