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"word": "gesticulative"
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"word": "gesture politics"
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"word": "rhythmic gesture"
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"tags": [
"plural"
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The middle-finger gesture is really a nonverbal swear.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech."
],
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"motion",
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"limb",
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"body",
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[
"speech",
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{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "gebaar"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gjest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "FlatB@InsideChesthigh-FlatB@InsideChesthigh CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lafta",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "لَفْتَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔišāra",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "إِشَارَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šaržum",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "շարժում"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ժեստ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "jest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жэст"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "cjelarúx",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "целару́х"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "iśara",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ইশারা"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śoṅket",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "সংকেত"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жест"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.mua.ra",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "အမူအရာ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "手勢"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǒushì",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "手势"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "姿勢"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zīshì",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "姿势"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gestus"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gebaar"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"literary"
],
"word": "geste"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "žest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ele"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "liike"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geste"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "signe"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aceno"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "visaxe"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "žesṭi",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ჟესტი"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moʒraoba",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "მოძრაობა"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Geste"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gebärde"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mekhvá",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מחווה \\ מֶחֱוָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "iśārā",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "इशारा"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "saṅket",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "संकेत"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "gesztus"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "mozdulat"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "látbragð"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jesuchā",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ジェスチャー"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ym",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ым"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaayvikaa",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "កាយវិការ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeseucheo",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "제스처"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "îşaret"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jaŋdoo",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "жаңдоо"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gestus"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žests"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gestas"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гест"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "doxio",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "дохио"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "dokiy-a",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "اشاره"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ژست"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ešâre",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "اشاره"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "sinal"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жест"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "telodvižénije",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "телодвиже́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gluasad"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gesta"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ге̏ст"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "gȅst"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gesta"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kretnja"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ademán"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "åtbörd"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "imovu išora",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "имову ишора"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "išora",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ишора"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "išorat",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ишорат"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "işarä",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ишарә"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tâa-taang",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ท่าทาง"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "işaret"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "jest"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
],
"word": "gesture"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "el kol hareketi"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "baş hareketi"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "el hareketi"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "kol hareketi"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "yşarat"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жест"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vídrux",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ві́друх"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "iśārā",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اشاره"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "isharet",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ئىشارەت"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "imo"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ishora"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ishorat"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "cử chỉ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 2 10 17",
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃə/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɝ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-gesture.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/En-us-gesture.ogg/En-us-gesture.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-us-gesture.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "gebaar"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gjest"
},
{
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "FlatB@InsideChesthigh-FlatB@InsideChesthigh CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lafta",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "لَفْتَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔišāra",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "إِشَارَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šaržum",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "շարժում"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ժեստ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "jest"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жэст"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "cjelarúx",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "целару́х"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "iśara",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ইশারা"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śoṅket",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "সংকেত"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жест"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.mua.ra",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "အမူအရာ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "手勢"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǒushì",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "手势"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "姿勢"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zīshì",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "姿势"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gestus"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gebaar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"literary"
],
"word": "geste"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "žest"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ele"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "liike"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geste"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "signe"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xesto"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aceno"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "visaxe"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "žesṭi",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ჟესტი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moʒraoba",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "მოძრაობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Geste"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gebärde"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mekhvá",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מחווה \\ מֶחֱוָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "iśārā",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "इशारा"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "saṅket",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "संकेत"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "gesztus"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "mozdulat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "látbragð"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jesuchā",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ジェスチャー"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ym",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ым"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaayvikaa",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "កាយវិការ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeseucheo",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "제스처"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "îşaret"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jaŋdoo",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "жаңдоо"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gestus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žests"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gestas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гест"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "doxio",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "дохио"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "dokiy-a",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠ"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "اشاره"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ژست"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ešâre",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "اشاره"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "sinal"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жест"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "telodvižénije",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "телодвиже́ние"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gluasad"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gesta"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ге̏ст"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "gȅst"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gesta"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kretnja"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ademán"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "åtbörd"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "imovu išora",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "имову ишора"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "išora",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ишора"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "išorat",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ишорат"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "işarä",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ишарә"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tâa-taang",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ท่าทาง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "işaret"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "jest"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
],
"word": "gesture"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "el kol hareketi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "baş hareketi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "el hareketi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "kol hareketi"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "yşarat"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жест"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vídrux",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ві́друх"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "iśārā",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اشاره"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "isharet",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ئىشارەت"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "imo"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ishora"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "ishorat"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "cử chỉ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"word": "bộ tịch"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "zhest",
"sense": "motion of the limbs or body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "זשעסט"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "act or remark",
"word": "gebaar"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "act or remark",
"word": "ժեստ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biǎoshì",
"sense": "act or remark",
"word": "表示"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gebaar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "geste"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act or remark",
"word": "ele"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act or remark",
"word": "ilmaus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geste"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinal"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xesto"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "žesṭi",
"sense": "act or remark",
"word": "ჟესტი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "nišani",
"sense": "act or remark",
"word": "ნიშანი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Geste"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "jes'tá",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "גֶ׳סְטָה"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "žests"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žest",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жест"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "postúpok",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "посту́пок"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gesta"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gest"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gesto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "detalle"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "atención"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act or remark",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gest"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"gesture"
],
"word": "gesture"
}
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"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eǵ-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Rhymes:English/ɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)",
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"text": "My dad told me never to gesture with my hands when I talk."
},
{
"text": "Never gesture at someone using your middle finger: it may be perceived as an insult."
}
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"To make a gesture or gestures."
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"(intransitive) To make a gesture or gestures."
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"text": "He gestured his disgust."
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"(transitive) To express something by a gesture or gestures."
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"(transitive) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action."
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"tags": [
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"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɚ/",
"tags": [
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"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɝ/",
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"sense": "(intransitive) make a gesture",
"word": "gesticulate"
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{
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "FlatB@InsideChesthigh-FlatB@InsideChesthigh CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline",
"sense": "to make a gesture"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žestikuliram",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "жестикулирам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "做手勢"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuò shǒushì",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "做手势"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "gesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "elehtiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "gesture at",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "osoittaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "gestikulieren"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "tuone"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "ohaoha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "gesticular"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žestikulírovatʹ",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
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],
"word": "жестикули́ровать"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "gestikulovať"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a gesture",
"word": "gestikulera"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biǎoshì",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "表示"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "gebaren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "elehtiä"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "osoittaa eleellään"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "(jemandem etwas) bedeuten"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "to show contempt",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "whakapuwheto"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
"word": "gesticular"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to express something by a gesture",
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