"geste" meaning in French

See geste in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʒɛst/ Audio: Fr-geste.ogg Forms: gestes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gestus (“action, gesture”). Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:bor|la:gestus<t:action, gesture>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "action, gesture", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "gestus", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "geste", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="geste">, {{bor+|fr|la|gestus||action, gesture}} Borrowed from Latin gestus (“action, gesture”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} geste m (plural gestes)
  1. gesture Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-geste-fr-noun-axJDqJR~ Categories (other): French entries referencing ambiguous etymons, French entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of French entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 83 17 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 82 18
  2. move, motion Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-geste-fr-noun-3o2-NTgu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faits et gestes, geste barrière, joindre le geste à la parole
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ʒɛst/ Audio: Fr-geste.ogg Forms: gestes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French geste (albeit with a spelling-pronunciation), ultimately from Latin gesta (“feats”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|geste|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French geste, {{inh+|fr|fro|geste}} Inherited from Old French geste, {{der|fr|la|gesta||feats}} Latin gesta (“feats”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} geste f (plural gestes)
  1. saga, especially a cycle of poems in the epic, literary style of the Middle Ages Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-geste-fr-noun-EboaQlGf Categories (other): Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 1 2 0 2 0 14 13 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 17 13 0 0 2 11 2 11 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 0 1 0 18 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 15 11 0 0 1 15 1 15 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 2 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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