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The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to aid expression of thoughts, sentiments or passion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs when speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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An odd or fanciful motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gesture, motion
From Middle English gesticulation, from Latin gesticulatio.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
gjestikulacion
— act of gesticulating
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Arabic:
إِيمَاء
(ʔīmāʔ)
— act of gesticulating
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Armenian:
ժեստիկուլյացիա
(žestikulyacʻia)
— act of gesticulating
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Belarusian:
жэстыкуля́цыя
(žestykuljácyja)
— act of gesticulating
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Bulgarian:
жестикула́ция
(žestikulácija)
— act of gesticulating
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Bulgarian:
жестикули́ране
(žestikulírane)
— act of gesticulating
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Bulgarian:
ръкома́хане
(rǎkomáhane)
— act of gesticulating
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Chinese Mandarin:
手勢 /手势
(shǒushì)
— act of gesticulating
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Czech:
gestikulace
— act of gesticulating
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Danish:
gestikulering
— act of gesticulating
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Dutch:
gebarenspel
— act of gesticulating
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Dutch:
gebaar
— act of gesticulating
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Estonian:
žestikuleerimine
— act of gesticulating
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Estonian:
žestikulatsioon
— act of gesticulating
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Finnish:
elehtiminen
— act of gesticulating
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French:
gesticulation
— act of gesticulating
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Galician:
xesticulación
— act of gesticulating
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Georgian:
ჟესტიკულაცია
(žesṭiḳulacia)
— act of gesticulating
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German:
Gestikulierung
— act of gesticulating
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German:
Gestik
— act of gesticulating
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German:
Gebärdenspiel
— act of gesticulating
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Greek:
χειρονομία
(cheironomía)
— act of gesticulating
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Hindi:
अंगविक्षेप
(aṅgvikṣep)
— act of gesticulating
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Hindi:
हाव-भाव
(hāv-bhāv)
— act of gesticulating
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Hungarian:
gesztikulálás
— act of gesticulating
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Italian:
gesticolio
— act of gesticulating
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Italian:
gesticolazione
— act of gesticulating
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Japanese:
身振り
(miburi)
— act of gesticulating
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Korean:
몸짓
(momjit)
— act of gesticulating
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Latin:
gesticulātiō
— act of gesticulating
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Latvian:
žestikulācija
— act of gesticulating
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Lithuanian:
gestikuliacija
— act of gesticulating
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Macedonian:
гестикулација
(gestikulacija)
— act of gesticulating
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Malayalam:
ആംഗികം
(āṅgikaṁ)
— act of gesticulating
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Norwegian Bokmål:
gestikulering
— act of gesticulating
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Polish:
gestykulacja
— act of gesticulating
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Portuguese:
gesticulação
— act of gesticulating
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Romanian:
gesticulație
— act of gesticulating
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Russian:
жестикуля́ция
(žestikuljácija)
— act of gesticulating
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Russian:
жестикули́рование
(žestikulírovanije)
— act of gesticulating
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Serbo-Croatian:
гестикула́ција
— act of gesticulating
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Serbo-Croatian:
gestikulácija
— act of gesticulating
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Slovak:
gestikulácia
— act of gesticulating
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Slovene:
gestikulacija
— act of gesticulating
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Spanish:
gesticulación
— act of gesticulating
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Swedish:
gestikulering
— act of gesticulating
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Turkish:
jestlerle anlatma
— act of gesticulating
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Ukrainian:
жестикуля́ція
(žestykuljácija)
— act of gesticulating
