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Meaning of "beau geste" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BEAU GESTE

Literally: beautiful gesture.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BEAU GESTE

beau geste  [bo ʒɛst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEAU GESTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Beau geste is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BEAU GESTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of beau geste in the English dictionary

The definition of beau geste in the dictionary is a noble or gracious gesture or act, esp one that is meaningless.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEAU GESTE


Almagest
ˈælməˌdʒɛst
congest
kənˈdʒɛst
decongest
ˌdiːkənˈdʒɛst
digest
dɪˈdʒɛst
egest
iːˈdʒɛst
gest
dʒɛst
geste
dʒɛst
indigest
ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛst
ingest
ɪnˈdʒɛst
jessed
dʒɛst
jest
dʒɛst
outjest
ˌaʊtˈdʒɛst
predigest
ˌpriːdaɪˈdʒɛst
redigest
ˌriːdɪˈdʒɛst
suggest
səˈdʒɛst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEAU GESTE

beau
beau monde
beaucoup
Beaufort
Beaufort scale
Beaufort Sea
Beauharnais
beauish
beaujolais
Beaulieu
Beaumarchais
Beaumaris
Beaumont
beaumontague
Beaune
beaut
beauteous
beauteously
beauteousness
beautician

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEAU GESTE

artiste
auguste
caste
celeste
chanson de geste
copy and paste
coste
Este
Free Territory of Trieste
Grosseteste
haste
paste
piste
taste
teste
Timor-Leste
toothpaste
Trieste
triste
waste

Synonyms and antonyms of beau geste in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «beau geste» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEAU GESTE

Find out the translation of beau geste to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of beau geste from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beau geste» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

博格斯特
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Beau Geste
570 millions of speakers

English

beau geste
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रेमी geste
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

جيست العاشق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кавалер Geste
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

beau geste
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিউ Geste
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Beau Geste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Beau geste
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beau Geste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

愛人のgeste
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비위 geste
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Beau geste
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

beau geste
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பியூ கெட்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बऊ geste
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Beau geste
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

beau geste
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

beau geste
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кавалер Geste
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

beau Geste
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

beau geste
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Beau geste
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

beau geste
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beau geste
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of beau geste

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEAU GESTE»

The term «beau geste» is regularly used and occupies the 55.290 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEAU GESTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «beau geste» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «beau geste» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about beau geste

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEAU GESTE»

Discover the use of beau geste in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beau geste and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Beau Geste (Volume 1 of 3) (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition)
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Percival Christopher Wren, 2008
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Beau Geste (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Comfort Edition)
We partner with leading publishers around the globe. Our goal is to have accessible editions simultaneously released with publishers' new books so that all readers can have access to the books they want to read.
Percival Christopher Wren, 2008
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Good Gestes: Stories of Beau Geste, His Brothers, and ...
This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.
Percival Christopher Wren, 2013
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Beau Geste:
Percival Christopher Wren. "I don't mean to say anything—except to tell my little tale, the dull little tale that has bored you so, my George," replied de Beaujolais, with a malicious grin. George Lawrence swung his feet to the ground and stood ...
Percival Christopher Wren, 2014
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Beau Sabreur
This story of the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, is a sequel to the much filmed Beau Geste.
Percival Christopher Wren, 2009
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Beau Ideal
Beau Ideal is an action-adventure novel from P. C. Wren involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, Beau Ideal is the third in the trilogy which includes Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924 and Beau Sabreur.
P. C. Wren, 2012
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Beau Geste
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Beau Geste is a BBC television mini-series, based on the novel by P. C. Wren. The series aired in 1982 and starred Benedict Taylor, Anthony Calf and Jonathon Morris as the three brothers.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Yesterday's Bestsellers: A Journey Through Literary History
It is no easy task to explain — or even to explore — the awesome narrative force deployed by the author of Beau Geste, because P. C. Wren always did his very best to make a secret of himself. His entry in Who 's Who was determinedly ...
Brian M. Stableford, 1998
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Insights on Life and Love: Della Vita E Dell'Amore
Della Vita E Dell'Amore Salvatore Bernocco. I've loved my freedom to the point of desiring yours from me. The beau geste, the nobility of the mind, that's all that remains for me. I'd know what to do with them in love's time, when being free has  ...
Salvatore Bernocco, 2010
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Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers
283 Wren, P. C. 283 In addition to Beau Geste and its sequels, Wren wrote numerous short story collections with a legion setting, and, in 1933, introduced a new legionnaire hero in the form of boisterous adven- ture-lover Sinclair “ Sindbad” ...
Lee Server, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEAU GESTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beau geste is used in the context of the following news items.
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Critical Cosmopolitanism at the Perez Art Museum Miami
In another video, “Beau Geste,” 2009, the patchwork is subtler: Barrada chronicles a community effort she organized in Tangier to save a palm ... «Blouinartinfo UK, Jul 15»
2
The search for the world's greatest card cheat
(Tamariz unveiled his theory at a magicians' conference in Peru, so there is, as well, the possibility that it was meant as a savvy beau geste.). «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
3
Utah Arts Festival: Fear No Film
... Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddie, Carey Grant, Gene Kelly, Beau Geste, etc. My big crushes while hitting puberty were Jean Harlow, ... «Salt Lake City Weekly, Jun 15»
4
Sailing news: Coast navigator sets course for 66-foot yacht
Beau Geste will be off the horizon and everyone else will be off the aft horizon." After this race Alive's owner Duncan Hine, who is now based in ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jun 15»
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Special movie events in the Los Angeles area this week
William Wellman, Hollywood Rebel: “Beau Geste” (1939) and “The Light That Failed” (1940), 7 p.m. June 21; “The Great Man's Lady” (1942) ... «LA Daily News, Jun 15»
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New faces in pivotal roles for MC38 Winter Regatta
Rigger and VOR sailor Nick Burridge and Will Tiller, the youth America's Cup skipper and Beau Geste helmsman who bears the most perfect ... «My Sailing, Jun 15»
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AYGP Roundup - Bill Bremner's Foxy Lady 6 crew, rule the Asian …
Despite only contesting 3 events, Karl Kwok's Team Beau Geste, rounds out the top ten Skipper and Yacht of the 2014-15 Season. Although ... «BYM News, Jun 15»
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[VIDEO VAULT]
... Grade financed this big-budget 1977 throwback to the Hollywood epics of yesteryear in the spirit of Beau Geste (1939) and Rudyard Kipling, ... «Yes! Weekly, Jun 15»
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Action-adventure film BEAU GESTE to be screened February 27, 2015
ALBANY, NY (02/12/2015)(readMedia)-- BEAU GESTE (United States, 1939, 112 minutes, b/w, directed by William A. Wellman) will be shown ... «ReadMedia, Feb 15»
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A Beau Geste of robins
This is the Beau Geste of robins, announcing to all his possible lovers that he is noble and virile and to his enemies that he is 100 robins, all of ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Beau geste [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/beau-geste>. May 2024 ».
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