geste

See also: Geste, gesté, and gęste

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch, from Medieval Latin gestura.

Noun

geste f (plural gesten or gestes, no diminutive)

1. (literal) gesture, movement of an appendix or body
2. (figurative) gesture

Etymology 2

From French geste, related to Etymology 1.

Noun

geste f (plural gesten or gestes, no diminutive)

1. (historical) story, history

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛst/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin gestus (“action, gesture”).

Noun

geste m (plural gestes)

1. gesture
2. move, motion

Derived terms

• faits et gestes
• geste barrière
• joindre le geste à la parole

Descendants

• → Turkish: jest
• → Iranian Persian: ژِسْت (žest)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French geste (albeit with a spelling-pronunciation), ultimately from Latin gesta (“feats”).

Noun

geste f (plural gestes)

1. saga, especially a cycle of poems in the epic, literary style of the Middle Ages

Further reading

• “geste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Participle

geste

1. vocative masculine singular of gestus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French geste, from Old French geste, from Medieval Latin gesta.

Alternative forms

• chest, geeste, gest, geyst, ieste, jeeste, jeste, yest, yeste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛst(ə)/, /ˈd͡ʒɛːst(ə)/

Noun

geste (plural gestes)

2. An epic work of poetry or music.
3. A written story or history.
4. An important or memorable action; an epic act.
5. A deed, act or activity.
6. (rare) A lighthearted activity; fun.
7. (rare) A poem or song in general.
8. (rare) A saying or text in general.

Derived terms

• gesten
• gestour

Descendants

• English: gest, jest
• Scots: jeest

References

• “ǧē̆st(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 April 2018.

Etymology 2

From Old French [Term?].

Alternative forms

• gest

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛst(ə)/, /ˈd͡ʒɛːst(ə)/

Noun

geste (plural gestes)

2. A folk or tribe; a group of people.

Descendants

• English: gest

References

• “ǧē̆st(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 April 2018.

Etymology 3

Noun

geste

2. alternative form of gest (“guest”)

Etymology 4

Verb

geste

1. alternative form of gesten (“to host a guest”)

Etymology 5

Verb

geste

1. alternative form of gesten (“to read poetry”)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French geste.

Noun

geste m (plural gestes)

1. act; action

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjes.te/
• Rhymes: -es.te

Noun

ġeste

1. dative singular of ġest

Old French

Etymology

From Latin gesta.

Noun

geste oblique singular, f (oblique plural gestes, nominative singular geste, nominative plural gestes)

1. act; action
2. story of heroism or bravery
3. gesture

Descendants

• → Middle English: geste
  • English: jest

Portuguese

Verb

geste

1. inflection of gestar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

geste

1. inflection of gestar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative