жест

Borrowed from French geste.

• IPA^(key): [ʒɛst]
• Rhymes: -ɛst

жест • (žest) m (relational adjective же́стов)

1. gesture (communicative motion of the limbs or body)
2. (figuratively) gesture (act or a remark that serves as a formality or as a sign of attitude)

• “жест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “жест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жест”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 538

Borrowed from French geste, from Latin gestus.

• IPA^(key): [ʐɛst]

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жест • (žest) m inan (genitive же́ста, nominative plural же́сты, genitive plural же́стов)

1. gesture (communicative motion of the limbs or body)
2. (figuratively) gesture (act or a remark that serves as a formality or as a sign of attitude)

   жест до́брой во́ли ― žest dóbroj vóli ― gesture of goodwill, goodwill gesture

Compounds:

• язы́к же́стов (jazýk žéstov)

• жестикули́ровать impf or pf (žestikulírovatʹ)
• жестикуля́ция f (žestikuljácija)

Related via Latin gerō:

• геру́ндий m (gerúndij)

• → Armenian: ժեստ (žest)
• → Estonian: žest

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “жест”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Borrowed from French geste, from Latin gestus.

• IPA^(key): [ʒɛst]

• Audio:

  (file)

жест • (žest) m inan (genitive же́сту, nominative plural же́сти, genitive plural же́стів)

1. gesture (communicative motion of the limbs or body)
2. (figuratively) gesture (act or a remark that serves as a formality or as a sign of attitude)

   жест до́брої во́лі ― žest dóbroji vóli ― gesture of goodwill, goodwill gesture

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жест”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “жест”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “жест”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “жест”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “жест”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “жест”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “жест”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]