gesticulate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dʒɛsˈtɪkjʊleɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /dʒɛsˈtɪkjəleɪt/
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• rhymes with -ɪkjʊleɪt
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Borrowed from Latin gesticulātus, perfect active participle of gesticulor (“to gesticulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from gesticulus (“a mimic gesture”), diminutive of gestus (“gesture”), from gerō (“to bear, carry, perform”).

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: жестикулирам (žestikuliram) — to make gestures
• Bulgarian: ръкомахам (rǎkomaham) — to make gestures
• Catalan: gesticular — to make gestures
• Catalan: accionar — to make gestures
• Catalan: manejar — to make gestures
• Chinese Mandarin: 打手勢 /打手势 (dǎ shǒushì) — to make gestures
• Danish: gestikulere — to make gestures
• Esperanto: gestadi — to make gestures
• Finnish: elehtiä — to make gestures
• Finnish: viittoilla — to make gestures
• French: gesticuler — to make gestures
• Georgian: ჟესტიკულირება (žesṭiḳulireba) — to make gestures
• German: gestikulieren — to make gestures
• Italian: gesticolare — to make gestures
• Latin: gesticulor — to make gestures
• Latvian: žestikulēt — to make gestures
• Lithuanian: gestiūlioti — to make gestures
• Māori: tungatunga — to make gestures
• Māori: tuone — to make gestures
• Māori: hūkari — to make gestures
• Māori: hūkarikari — to make gestures
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gestikulera — to make gestures
• Polish: gestykulować — to make gestures
• Quechua: haywaykachay — to make gestures
• Russian: жестикули́ровать (žestikulírovatʹ) — to make gestures
• Sicilian: mòviri i manu — to make gestures
• Sicilian: gisticulari — to make gestures
• Sicilian: fari musiuna — to make gestures
• Spanish: gesticular — to make gestures
• Swedish: gestikulera — to make gestures
• Welsh: ystumio — to make gestures
• Catalan: gesticular — to express through gestures
• Danish: gestikulere — to express through gestures
• Finnish: elehtiä — to express through gestures
• Finnish: viittoilla — to express through gestures
• Georgian: ჟესტიკულირება (žesṭiḳulireba) — to express through gestures
• German: gestikulieren — to express through gestures
• Italian: gesticolare — to express through gestures
• Italian: segnare — to express through gestures
• Latvian: žestikulēt — to express through gestures
• Māori: rotarota — to express through gestures
• Russian: жестикули́ровать (žestikulírovatʹ) — to express through gestures
• Sicilian: parrari chî manu — to express through gestures
• Sicilian: gisticulari — to express through gestures
• Sicilian: fari musiuna — to express through gestures
• Spanish: manotear — to express through gestures
• Welsh: ystumio — to express through gestures