Definitions and meaning of gest gest
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 ) ( archaic ) 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 ) ( obsolete ) 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 Catalan Etymology Borrowed from Latin gestus . First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation IPA(key) : ( Central, Balearic ) [ˈʒest]
IPA(key) : ( Valencian ) [ˈd͡ʒest] Noun gest m plural gests or gestos )
gesture Related terms References Further reading “gest” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició , Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“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 Etymology From Old Dutch *gest , *gist , from Proto-West Germanic *jestu .
Noun gest m or f
yeast Inflection This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms Descendants 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 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 ) Derived terms Descendants English: guest
Scots: guest References “gest, n. ”, in MED Online , Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007 , retrieved 2018-04-26 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 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 Etymology From Proto-West Germanic *gaist .
Noun gēst m
A soul, spirit, breath Declension
Descendants Middle Low German: gêst , geist German Low German: Geest , Geist
Low German: geest
Plautdietsch: Jeist
→ Norwegian Bokmål: gast → Old Danish: gast ( or from Frisian )
→ Swedish: gast Polish Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin gestus .
Pronunciation IPA(key) : /ɡɛst/
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 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 gestik gestikulation gestikulera gestikulering gestisk gestuell References gest in Svensk ordbok (SO )
gest in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL )
gest in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB ) Anagrams Welsh Pronunciation Verb gest
Soft mutation of cest .Mutation Source: wiktionary.org