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• dialectal, obsolete: jēst
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• dialectal, obsolete: /d͡ʒiːst/
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• Early, Modern: /d͡ʒɛst/
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• Early, Modern: /d͡ʒɛːst/
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From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”). Doublet of gest.

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: шега (šega) — joke
• Bulgarian: закачка (zakačka) — joke
• Czech: žert — joke
• Czech: šprým — joke
• Czech: vtip — joke
• Czech: legrace — joke
• Esperanto: ŝerco — joke
• Esperanto: blago — joke
• Finnish: pila — joke
• Finnish: vitsi — joke
• French: blague — joke
• Galician: broma — joke
• Galician: brinqueta — joke
• Georgian: ხუმრობა (xumroba) — joke
• Georgian: ოხუნჯობა (oxunǯoba) — joke
• German: Witz — joke
• German: Scherz — joke
• Ancient Greek: χλεύη (khleúē) — joke
• Ancient Greek: σκῶμμα (skômma) — joke
• Hungarian: tréfa — joke
• Hungarian: tréfálkozás — joke
• Ingrian: pilkka — joke
• Italian: scherzo — joke
• Italian: barzelletta — joke
• Italian: battuta — joke
• Italian: celia — joke
• Italian: arguzia — joke
• Italian: facezia — joke
• Kazakh: әжуа (äjua) — joke
• Kazakh: ажуа (ajua) — joke
• Latin: iocus — joke
• Macedonian: ше́га (šéga) — joke
• Māori: takao — joke
• Pashto: ټوکه (ṭoka) — joke
• Persian: شوخی (šuxi) — joke
• Persian: مزاح (mezâh) — joke
• Plautdietsch: Spos — joke
• Portuguese: gracejo — joke
• Portuguese: piada — joke
• Russian: насме́шка (nasméška) — joke
• Russian: остро́та (ostróta) — joke
• Scottish Gaelic: fealla-dhà — joke
• Spanish: broma — joke
• Spanish: chiste — joke
• Ottoman Turkish: اویون (oyun) — joke
• Ottoman Turkish: شقا (şaka) — joke
• Ottoman Turkish: لطیفه (latife) — joke
• Yiddish: שפּאַס (shpas) — joke
• Yiddish: קאַטאָוועס (katoves) — joke
• Bulgarian: посмешище (posmešište) — target of a joke
• Finnish: naurunaihe — target of a joke
• Finnish: vitsi — target of a joke
• French: risée — target of a joke
• Georgian: დაცინვის საგანი (dacinvis sagani) — target of a joke
• Georgian: დასაცინი (dasacini) — target of a joke
• Georgian: სასაცილო (sasacilo) — target of a joke
• German: Witzfigur — target of a joke
• Hungarian: nevetség tárgya — target of a joke
• Italian: zimbello — target of a joke
• Italian: oggetto di scherno — target of a joke
• Māori: omeke — target of a joke
• Russian: посме́шище (posméšišče) — target of a joke
• Bulgarian: шегувам се (šeguvam se) — to tell a joke
• Czech: vtipkovat — to tell a joke
• Czech: žertovat — to tell a joke
• Esperanto: ŝerci — to tell a joke
• Finnish: vitsailla — to tell a joke
• French: plaisanter — to tell a joke
• French: blaguer — to tell a joke
• German: scherzen — to tell a joke
• German: herumalbern — to tell a joke
• German: albern — to tell a joke
• German: Spaß machen — to tell a joke
• Greek: πειράζω (peirázo) — to tell a joke
• Ancient Greek: σκώπτω (skṓptō) — to tell a joke
• Hungarian: tréfálkozik — to tell a joke
• Hungarian: tréfál — to tell a joke
• Hungarian: viccelődik — to tell a joke
• Italian: scherzare — to tell a joke
• Italian: affabulare — to tell a joke
• Latin: iocor — to tell a joke
• Latin: ioculor — to tell a joke
• Māori: nene — to tell a joke
• Māori: whakanene — to tell a joke
• Māori: kārikarika — to tell a joke
• Oromo: baacuu — to tell a joke
• Persian: لاغیدن (lâġidan) — to tell a joke
• Persian: شوخی کردن (šuxi kardan) — to tell a joke
• Portuguese: gracejar — to tell a joke
• Russian: шути́ть (šutítʹ) — to tell a joke
• Spanish: bromear — to tell a joke
• Spanish: bufonear — to tell a joke
• Swedish: skämta — to tell a joke
• Swedish: skoja — to tell a joke
• Swedish: driva — to tell a joke
• Swedish: gyckla — to tell a joke
• Ottoman Turkish: لطیفه ایتمك (latife etmek) — to tell a joke