état-major

== French == === Etymology === From état (“group, college”) +‎ major (“main, principal”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.ta.ma.ʒɔʁ/ === Noun === état-major m (plural états-majors) (military) general staff, high command, headquarters (group of officers in charge of an army under the control of the commander-in-chief) (military) headquarters (military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued) (politics) administrative staff (body of staff that administers a political party) (business) senior management (group of people in charge of a corporation) (informal, by extension) any administrative body aimed at aiding a professional or academic in their work ==== See also ==== quartier général === Further reading === “état-major”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012