gesture

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From Medieval Latin gestūra (“a mode of action”), from Latin gerō (“to bear; (reflexive) bear oneself, behave, act”), past participle gestus. By surface analysis, Latin gest- + -ure.

155 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gebaar — motion of the limbs or body
• Albanian: gjest — motion of the limbs or body
• Arabic: لَفْتَة (lafta) — motion of the limbs or body
• Arabic: إِشَارَة (ʔišāra) — motion of the limbs or body
• Armenian: շարժում (šaržum) — motion of the limbs or body
• Armenian: ժեստ (žest) — motion of the limbs or body
• Azerbaijani: jest — motion of the limbs or body
• Belarusian: жэст (žest) — motion of the limbs or body
• Belarusian: целару́х (cjelarúx) — motion of the limbs or body
• Bengali: ইশারা (iśara) — motion of the limbs or body
• Bengali: সংকেত (śoṅket) — motion of the limbs or body
• Bulgarian: жест (žest) — motion of the limbs or body
• Burmese: အမူအရာ (a.mua.ra) — motion of the limbs or body
• Catalan: gest — motion of the limbs or body
• Chinese Mandarin: 手勢 /手势 (shǒushì) — motion of the limbs or body
• Chinese Mandarin: 姿勢 /姿势 (zīshì) — motion of the limbs or body
• Czech: gesto — motion of the limbs or body
• Danish: gestus — motion of the limbs or body
• Dutch: gebaar — motion of the limbs or body
• Dutch: geste — motion of the limbs or body
• Esperanto: gesto — motion of the limbs or body
• Estonian: žest — motion of the limbs or body
• Finnish: ele — motion of the limbs or body
• Finnish: liike — motion of the limbs or body
• French: geste — motion of the limbs or body
• French: signe — motion of the limbs or body
• Galician: xesto — motion of the limbs or body
• Galician: aceno — motion of the limbs or body
• Galician: visaxe — motion of the limbs or body
• Georgian: ჟესტი (žesṭi) — motion of the limbs or body
• Georgian: მოძრაობა (moʒraoba) — motion of the limbs or body
• German: Geste — motion of the limbs or body
• German: Gebärde — motion of the limbs or body
• Greek: χειρονομία (cheironomía) — motion of the limbs or body
• Hebrew: מחווה \ מֶחֱוָה (mekhvá) — motion of the limbs or body
• Hindi: इशारा (iśārā) — motion of the limbs or body
• Hindi: संकेत (saṅket) — motion of the limbs or body
• Hungarian: gesztus — motion of the limbs or body
• Hungarian: mozdulat — motion of the limbs or body
• Icelandic: látbragð — motion of the limbs or body
• Italian: gesto — motion of the limbs or body
• Japanese: ジェスチャー (jesuchā) — motion of the limbs or body
• Japanese: 身振り (miburi) — motion of the limbs or body
• Kazakh: ым (ym) — motion of the limbs or body
• Khmer: កាយវិការ (kaayvikaa) — motion of the limbs or body
• Korean: 제스처 (jeseucheo) — motion of the limbs or body
• Korean: 몸짓 (momjit) — motion of the limbs or body
• Northern Kurdish: îşaret — motion of the limbs or body
• Kyrgyz: жаңдоо (jaŋdoo) — motion of the limbs or body
• Latin: gestus — motion of the limbs or body
• Latvian: žests — motion of the limbs or body
• Lithuanian: gestas — motion of the limbs or body
• Macedonian: гест (gest) — motion of the limbs or body
• Mongolian: дохио (doxio) — motion of the limbs or body
• Mongolian: ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ (doqiy-a) — motion of the limbs or body
• Norwegian Bokmål: gest — motion of the limbs or body
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gest — motion of the limbs or body
• Pashto: اشاره (išāra) — motion of the limbs or body
• Iranian Persian: ژِسْت (žest) — motion of the limbs or body
• Iranian Persian: اِشارِه (ešâre) — motion of the limbs or body
• Polish: gest — motion of the limbs or body
• Portuguese: gesto — motion of the limbs or body
• Portuguese: sinal — motion of the limbs or body
• Romanian: gest — motion of the limbs or body
• Russian: жест (žest) — motion of the limbs or body
• Russian: телодвиже́ние (telodvižénije) — motion of the limbs or body
• Scottish Gaelic: gluasad — motion of the limbs or body
• Serbo-Croatian: gesta — motion of the limbs or body
• Serbo-Croatian: ге̏ст — motion of the limbs or body
• Serbo-Croatian: gȅst — motion of the limbs or body
• Slovak: gesto — motion of the limbs or body
• Slovene: gesta — motion of the limbs or body
• Slovene: kretnja — motion of the limbs or body
• Spanish: gesto — motion of the limbs or body
• Spanish: ademán — motion of the limbs or body
• Spanish: amague — motion of the limbs or body
• Swedish: gest — motion of the limbs or body
• Swedish: åtbörd — motion of the limbs or body
• Tajik: имову ишора (imovu išora) — motion of the limbs or body
• Tajik: ишора (išora) — motion of the limbs or body
• Tajik: ишорат (išorat) — motion of the limbs or body
• Tatar: ишарә (işarä) — motion of the limbs or body
• Telugu: ఆంగికము (āṅgikamu) — motion of the limbs or body
• Thai: ท่าทาง (tâa-taang) — motion of the limbs or body
• Turkish: işaret — motion of the limbs or body
• Turkish: jest — motion of the limbs or body
• Turkish: gesture — motion of the limbs or body
• Turkish: el kol hareketi — motion of the limbs or body
• Turkish: baş hareketi — motion of the limbs or body
• Turkish: el hareketi — motion of the limbs or body
• Turkish: kol hareketi — motion of the limbs or body
• Turkmen: yşarat — motion of the limbs or body
• Ukrainian: жест (žest) — motion of the limbs or body
• Ukrainian: ві́друх (vídrux) — motion of the limbs or body
• Urdu: اِشارَہ (iśāra) — motion of the limbs or body
• Uyghur: ئىشارەت (isharet) — motion of the limbs or body
• Uzbek: imo — motion of the limbs or body
• Uzbek: ishora — motion of the limbs or body
• Uzbek: ishorat — motion of the limbs or body
• Vietnamese: cử chỉ — motion of the limbs or body
• Vietnamese: bộ tịch — motion of the limbs or body
• Yiddish: זשעסט (zhest) — motion of the limbs or body
• Afrikaans: gebaar — act or remark
• Armenian: ժեստ (žest) — act or remark
• Catalan: gest — act or remark
• Chinese Mandarin: 表示 (biǎoshì) — act or remark
• Czech: gesto — act or remark
• Danish: gestus — act or remark
• Dutch: gebaar — act or remark
• Dutch: geste — act or remark
• Finnish: ele — act or remark
• Finnish: ilmaus — act or remark
• French: geste — act or remark
• Galician: sinal — act or remark
• Galician: xesto — act or remark
• Georgian: ჟესტი (žesṭi) — act or remark
• Georgian: ნიშანი (nišani) — act or remark
• German: Geste — act or remark
• Hebrew: גֶ׳סְטָה (jésta) — act or remark
• Latvian: žests — act or remark
• Norwegian Bokmål: gest — act or remark
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gest — act or remark
• Portuguese: gesto — act or remark
• Russian: жест (žest) — act or remark
• Russian: посту́пок (postúpok) — act or remark
• Serbo-Croatian: gesta — act or remark
• Serbo-Croatian: gest — act or remark
• Slovak: gesto — act or remark
• Spanish: gesto — act or remark
• Spanish: detalle — act or remark
• Spanish: atención — act or remark
• Swedish: gest — act or remark
• Bulgarian: жестикулирам (žestikuliram) — to make a gesture
• Catalan: gesticular — to make a gesture
• Chinese Mandarin: 做手勢 /做手势 (zuò shǒushì) — to make a gesture
• Esperanto: gesti — to make a gesture
• Finnish: elehtiä — to make a gesture
• Finnish: osoittaa — to make a gesture
• German: gestikulieren — to make a gesture
• Māori: tuone — to make a gesture
• Māori: ohaoha — to make a gesture
• Portuguese: gesticular — to make a gesture
• Russian: жестикули́ровать (žestikulírovatʹ) — to make a gesture
• Slovak: gestikulovať — to make a gesture
• Spanish: gestear — to make a gesture
• Swedish: gestikulera — to make a gesture
• Chinese Mandarin: 表示 (biǎoshì) — to express something by a gesture
• Dutch: gebaren — to express something by a gesture
• Finnish: elehtiä — to express something by a gesture
• Finnish: osoittaa eleellään — to express something by a gesture
• German: (jemandem etwas) bedeuten — to express something by a gesture
• Māori: whakapuwheto — to express something by a gesture
• Portuguese: gesticular — to express something by a gesture
• Spanish: gestear — to express something by a gesture
• Swedish: gestikulera — to express something by a gesture