geste
Dutch
Noun
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɛst/
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Noun
geste f (plural gestes)
- saga, especially a cycle of poems in the epic, literary style of the Middle Ages
Further reading
- “geste” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French geste, from Latin gesta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛst(ə)/, /ˈdʒɛːst(ə)/
Noun
geste (plural gestes)
References
- “ǧē̆st(e (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-26.
Etymology 2
From Old French [Term?].
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛst(ə)/, /ˈdʒɛːst(ə)/
Descendants
- English: gest
References
- “ǧē̆st(e (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-26.
Etymology 4
From gest (“guest”, noun).
Etymology 5
From geste (“tale”, noun).
Old French
Portuguese
Spanish
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