stave

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Various origins: * Borrowed from North German Stave, an occupational surname for a judge or church official, from Middle Low German Staf (“staff”). * Borrowed from Norwegian Stave, a habitational surname from five farmsteads in the country. * Americanized form of Polish Staw, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

Back-formation from staves, the plural of staff.

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: дъга (dǎga) — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Catalan: doga — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Chinese Mandarin: 桶板 — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Czech: dužina — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Finnish: lauta — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• French: douve — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Galician: doela — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Galician: leiva — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• German: Daube — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Hungarian: donga — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Italian: doga — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Macedonian: дага (daga) — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Pannonian Rusyn: дуга (duha) — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Portuguese: aduela — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Romanian: doagă — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Russian: клёпка — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Sicilian: duga — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Slovak: dúha — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Spanish: duela — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Spanish: doga — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Swedish: tunnstav — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Swedish: lagg — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Turkish: şendere — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Ottoman Turkish: شندره (şendere, şindere) — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Ukrainian: кле́пка (klépka) — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Venetan: dóa — narrow strip, a part of a vessel
• Chinese Mandarin: 条 (tiáo) — bar
• Chinese Mandarin: 棒 (bàng) — bar
• Czech: tyčka — bar
• Czech: tyč — bar
• Czech: hůl — bar
• Dutch: sport — bar
• Finnish: puola — bar
• French: fuseau — bar
• Galician: banzo — bar
• German: Sprosse — bar
• Hungarian: rúd — bar
• Italian: piolo — bar
• Russian: па́лка (pálka) — bar
• Russian: шест (šest) — bar
• Sicilian: duga — bar
• Bulgarian: строфа (strofa) — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Chinese Mandarin: 节 — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Chinese Mandarin: 段 (duàn) — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Czech: verš — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Czech: strofa — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Dutch: strofe — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Dutch: vers — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Finnish: säkeistö — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• French: strophe — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• German: Strophe — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• German: Vers — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Italian: strofa — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Macedonian: строфа (strofa) — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Macedonian: стих (stih) — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Romanian: doagă — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Russian: строфа́ (strofá) — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Russian: стих (stix) — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Spanish: estrofa — metrical portion; stanza; staff
• Armenian: հնգագիծ (hngagic) — parallel lines to write music on
• Bulgarian: петолиние (petolinie) — parallel lines to write music on
• Chinese Mandarin: 譜表 /谱表 (pǔbiǎo) — parallel lines to write music on
• Chinese Mandarin: 五線譜 /五线谱 (wǔxiànpǔ) — parallel lines to write music on
• Czech: notová osnova — parallel lines to write music on
• Dutch: balk — parallel lines to write music on
• Dutch: notenbalk — parallel lines to write music on
• Finnish: nuottiviivasto — parallel lines to write music on
• French: portée — parallel lines to write music on
• German: Notenlinien — parallel lines to write music on
• German: Notensystem — parallel lines to write music on
• Hungarian: kottavonal — parallel lines to write music on
• Indonesian: balok not — parallel lines to write music on
• Indonesian: notenbalk — parallel lines to write music on
• Indonesian: paranada — parallel lines to write music on
• Indonesian: sangkar nada — parallel lines to write music on
• Italian: pentagramma — parallel lines to write music on
• Japanese: 五線 (gosen) — parallel lines to write music on
• Macedonian: петолиние (petolinie) — parallel lines to write music on
• Māori: tārawa — parallel lines to write music on
• Russian: но́тный стан (nótnyj stan) — parallel lines to write music on
• Russian: нотоно́сец (notonósec) — parallel lines to write music on
• Spanish: pentagrama — parallel lines to write music on
• Swedish: notrad — parallel lines to write music on
• Swedish: notsystem — parallel lines to write music on
• Chinese Mandarin: 拐杖 (guǎizhàng) — walking stick
• Czech: hůlka — walking stick
• Dutch: staf — walking stick
• Finnish: sauva — walking stick
• Finnish: kävelykeppi — walking stick
• French: bâton — walking stick
• Galician: caxato — walking stick
• Hungarian: pálca — walking stick
• Norwegian Bokmål: stav — walking stick
• Russian: по́сох (pósox) — walking stick
• Russian: трость (trostʹ) — walking stick
• Russian: клюка́ (kljuká) — walking stick
• Bulgarian: пробивам (probivam) — break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst
• Māori: komeme — break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst