"žests" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latvian]

Etymology: Via other European languages (probably French geste “gesture”), ultimately borrowed from Latin gestus (“posture, attitude, gesture”), a noun related to the verb gerō (“to carry, to bear”). Etymology templates: {{uder|lv|fr|geste}} French geste, {{bor|lv|la|gestus||posture, attitude, gesture}} Latin gestus (“posture, attitude, gesture”), {{m|la|gerō||to carry, to bear}} gerō (“to carry, to bear”) Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} žests m, {{lv-noun|m|1st}} žests m (1st declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|žest|s|1st|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-1|žest|s|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|žests|žesti|žestu|žestus|žesta|žestu|žestam|žestiem|žestu|žestiem|žestā|žestos|žest|žesti|type=1st declension|x=-60}} Forms: declension-1 [table-tags], žests [nominative, singular], žesti [nominative, plural], žestu [accusative, singular], žestus [accusative, plural], žesta [genitive, singular], žestu [genitive, plural], žestam [dative, singular], žestiem [dative, plural], žestu [instrumental, singular], žestiem [instrumental, plural], žestā [locative, singular], žestos [locative, plural], žest [singular, vocative], žesti [plural, vocative]
  1. gesture, sign (meaningful movement, especially of one's hand or head) Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-žests-lv-noun-tT3xVdaj Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian undefined derivations Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Latvian undefined derivations: 66 34
  2. (figuratively) gesture (an act, action with a certain meaning, that shows a certain attitude) Tags: declension-1, figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-žests-lv-noun-V3nNY-cC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: žestikulēt

Inflected forms

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