gest

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛst/ Homophone: jest Rhymes: -ɛst === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle French geste. Doublet of jest. ==== Noun ==== gest (countable and uncountable, plural gests) (archaic) A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance. (archaic) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon And surely no Ceremonies of dedication , no not of Solomons Temple it self , are comparable to those sacred gests , whereby this place was sanctified (archaic) Bearing; deportment. (obsolete) A gesture or action. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === A variant of gist (“resting-place”). ==== Noun ==== gest (plural gests) (obsolete) Alternative form of gist (“a stop for lodging or rest in a journey, or the place where this happens; a rest”). ===== Derived terms ===== gests (“roll reciting the several stages of a royal progress”) === Anagrams === Gets, gets, steg, tegs == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin gestus. First attested in the 14th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒest] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒest] === Noun === gest m (plural gests or gestos) gesture ==== Related terms ==== gesticular === References === === Further reading === “gest”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “gest” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “gest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Icelandic == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== gest indefinite accusative singular of gestur === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== gest singular present indicative of getast second-person imperative of getast == Middle Dutch == === Alternative forms === gist === Etymology === From Old Dutch *gest, *gist, from Proto-West Germanic *jestu. === Noun === gest m or f yeast ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== gist ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: gist Afrikaans: gis Limburgish: ges === Further reading === Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “gest (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From a conflation of Old Norse gestr and Old English ġiest; both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Germanic *gʰóstis. Doublet of host. ==== Alternative forms ==== geste, gist, geast, gyst ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡɛst/, /ɡɛːst/, /ɡist/ Rhymes: -ɛst ==== Noun ==== gest (plural gestes) A guest, visitor; somebody staying at another's residence. A customer of a hostel or inn; one that pays for accommodation. An unknown person; a foreigner or outsider. A (often threatening) male individual; a ominous person. (figurative, rare) A male lover of a woman; a man in an unofficial intimate relationship with a woman. ===== Derived terms ===== gesten gestenen gestyng ===== Descendants ===== English: guest Scots: guest ===== References ===== “gest, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 April 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== gest alternative form of geste (“tale”) late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1126-1127: late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 209-211: === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== gest alternative form of geste (“tribe”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== gest alternative form of gesten (“to host a guest”) === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== gest alternative form of gesten (“to read poetry”) === Etymology 6 === ==== Noun ==== gest alternative form of yest (“beer foam”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin gestus, via French geste. === Noun === gest m (definite singular gesten, indefinite plural gester, definite plural gestene) a gesture === References === “gest” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin gestus, via French geste. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛst/ === Noun === gest m (definite singular gesten, indefinite plural gestar, definite plural gestane) a gesture === References === “gest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Frisian == === Etymology === Possibly borrowed from Old Saxon gēst or Old High German geist. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡeːst/, [ˈɡɛːst] === Noun === gēst m alternative form of gāst ==== References ==== Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28 == Old Norse == === Noun === gest accusative/dative singular of gestr == Old Saxon == === Alternative forms === geist === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *gaist. === Noun === gēst m A soul, spirit, breath ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: gêst, geist Low German: Geist German Low German: Geest, Geist Plautdietsch: Jeist == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin gestus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɛst/ Rhymes: -ɛst Syllabification: gest === Noun === gest m inan gesture (motion of the limbs or body) gesture (act or remark) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === gest in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN gest in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French geste. === Noun === gest n (plural gesturi) gesture == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin gestus (“having been carried”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɧɛst/ === Noun === gest c a gesture; a motion of the hands gäster med gester guests with gestures (title of a Swedish TV show) a gesture; a symbolic action, a signal ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “gest”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gest”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gest”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === gets, segt, steg, tegs == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛst/ === Verb === gest soft mutation of cest === Mutation ===