stave – English-français Translations in WikDict

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stave noun /steɪv/
One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.	douve
(poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.	strophe
A staff or walking stick.	bâton
One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel	fuseau
(music) The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.	portée

staff noun /stæf/ , /stɑːf/ , [staf] , [steəf] , [stäːf] , [stæf] , [stɐːf] , [stɑːf] , [stɛəf]
(music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.	portée
(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.	bâton, canne
(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.	personnel

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