how to pronounce staff

/staf/

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staff is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of staff in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… douteuse aux sons dont un staff et la …”

meanings of staff

noun:

Governing body (army, corporation, administration, etc.).
Staff, mixture of plaster and fibre.
Staff, employees of a business.

staff frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word staff occurs in french on average 3.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.