gesticuler

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gesticulor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɛs.ti.ky.le/
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Verb

gesticuler

  1. to gesticulate (make gestures)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gesticuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gesticuler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gesticulant
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gesticulé
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gesticule
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl/ 		gesticules
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl/ 		gesticule
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl/ 		gesticulons
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lɔ̃/ 		gesticulez
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.le/ 		gesticulent
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl/
imperfect gesticulais
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lɛ/ 		gesticulais
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lɛ/ 		gesticulait
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lɛ/ 		gesticulions
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.ljɔ̃/ 		gesticuliez
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lje/ 		gesticulaient
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lɛ/
past historic2 gesticulai
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.le/ 		gesticulas
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.la/ 		gesticula
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.la/ 		gesticulâmes
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lam/ 		gesticulâtes
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lat/ 		gesticulèrent
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lɛʁ/
future gesticulerai
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl.ʁe/ 		gesticuleras
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl.ʁa/ 		gesticulera
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl.ʁa/ 		gesticulerons
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ 		gesticulerez
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl.ʁe/ 		gesticuleront
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional gesticulerais
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl.ʁɛ/ 		gesticulerais
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl.ʁɛ/ 		gesticulerait
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl.ʁɛ/ 		gesticulerions
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		gesticuleriez
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lə.ʁje/ 		gesticuleraient
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gesticule
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl/ 		gesticules
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl/ 		gesticule
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl/ 		gesticulions
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.ljɔ̃/ 		gesticuliez
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lje/ 		gesticulent
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl/
imperfect2 gesticulasse
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.las/ 		gesticulasses
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.las/ 		gesticulât
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.la/ 		gesticulassions
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃/ 		gesticulassiez
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.la.sje/ 		gesticulassent
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gesticule
/ʒɛs.ti.kyl/ 		— gesticulons
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.lɔ̃/ 		gesticulez
/ʒɛs.ti.ky.le/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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