English
Bleeckie, an example of a rod puppet .
Etymology
From Middle English popet Middle French poupette poupée *pupata Latin pupa ( “ doll, puppet; girl ” ) . See also puppy
Pronunciation
Noun
puppet (plural puppets
Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove .
( figuratively ) 1820 Walter Scott ], The Monastery. A Romance. [ … ] (please specify |volume=I to III) , Edinburgh: [ … ] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown , [ … ] Archibald Constable and Co. , and John Ballantyne , [ … ] →OCLC These men , from no worse motive that could be discovered than a thirst after knowledge beyond their sphere , committed burglary upon the barn in which the puppets had been consigned to repose
( obsolete ) poppet ; a small image in the human form; a doll.( engineering ) upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe .
Derived terms
Translations
movable model of a person or animal
Albanian: kukull (sq) f
Arabic: دُمْيَة (ar) f ( dumya )
Armenian: մարիոնետ (hy) ( marionet ) , խամաճիկ (hy) ( xamačik ) , տիկնիկ (hy) ( tiknik ) , խաղատիկնիկ (hy) ( xaġatiknik )
Azerbaijani: kukla (az)
Bashkir: ҡурсаҡ ( qursaq )
Belarusian: марыяне́тка f ( maryjanjétka ) , ля́лька f ( ljálʹka ) , ку́кла f ( kúkla )
Bengali: পুতুল ( putul )
Bulgarian: ку́кла (bg) f ( kúkla ) , марионе́тка (bg) f ( marionétka )
Burmese: အရုပ် (my) ( a.rup )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 木偶 (zh) ( mù'ǒu ) , 人偶 (zh) ( rén'ǒu ) , 偶人 (zh) ( ǒurén )
Cornish: popet m
Czech: loutka (cs) f
Danish: marionet c
Dutch: marionet (nl) f
Esperanto: pupo (eo)
Estonian: nukk ( generic ) , nuku ( colloquial ) ; käpiknukk ( in glove form ) ; marionett hüpiknukk ( moved with strings )
Finnish: nukke (fi) ( generic ) ; käsinukke (fi) ( in glove form ) ; sätkynukke (fi) , marionetti (fi) ( moved with strings )
French: marionnette (fr) f
Galician: monicreque m marioneta f fantoche m monifate m
Georgian: მარიონეტი ( marioneṭi ) , თოჯინა ( toǯina )
German: Handpuppe f ( in glove form ) , Marionette (de) f ( moved with strings )
Greek: μαριονέτα (el) f ( marionéta )
Hebrew: בובה \ בֻּבָּה (he) f ( bubá )
Hindi: कठपुतली (hi) f ( kaṭhputlī ) , गुड़िया (hi) f ( guṛiyā ) , पुतली (hi) f ( putlī )
Hungarian: báb (hu) , bábu (hu)
Icelandic: brúða (is) f leikbrúða f
Indonesian: boneka (id)
Irish: puipéad
Italian: marionetta (it) f fantoccio (it) m
Japanese: 傀儡 (ja) ( くぐつ, kugutsu ) , パペット ( papetto ) , 操り人形 ( ayatsuri ningyō ) , 偶人 ( ぐうじん, gūjin ) , 人形 (ja) ( にんぎょう, ningyō )
Kazakh: қуыршақ ( quyrşaq )
Korean: 꼭두각시 (ko) ( kkokdugaksi ) , 인형(人形) (ko) ( inhyeong ) , 우인(偶人) ( u'in )
Kyrgyz: куурчак (ky) ( kuurcak )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Lao: ຕຸກກະຕາ (lo) ( tuk ka tā )
Latin: neuropastum n pupa f
Latvian: marionete f lelle f
Lithuanian: marionetė f lėlė f
Macedonian: кукла f ( kukla ) , марионе́та f ( marionéta )
Malay: boneka anak patung
Malayalam: പാവ (ml) ( pāva )
Maori: karetao tokoraurape
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хүүхэлдэй (mn) ( xüüxeldej )
Norwegian: marionett m Bokmål: hånddukke m or f ( in glove form )
Old East Slavic: кукла f ( kukla )
Persian: عروسک (fa) ( 'arusak )
Plautdietsch: Aumpelmaun m
Polish: pacynka (pl) f in glove form ), marionetka (pl) f moved with strings )
Portuguese: fantoche (pt) m
Romanian: păpușă (ro) f marionetă (ro) f
Russian: марионе́тка (ru) f ( marionétka ) , ку́кла (ru) f ( kúkla )
Samoan: papeti
Scottish Gaelic: gille-mirein m pupaid f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лу̏тка f
Roman: lȕtka (sh) f
Sinhalese: රූකඩ ( rūkaḍa )
Slovak: maňuška f bábka f
Slovene: lutka (sl) f
Spanish: títere (es) m marioneta f fantoche (es) m
Swedish: marionett (sv) c
Tagalog: sebekoy
Tajik: зоча ( zoča ) , лӯхтак ( lüxtak ) , арусак ( arusak )
Tatar: курчак (tt) ( qurçaq )
Thai: หุ่นเชิด ( hùn-chə̂ət )
Tibetan: ཨ་ལག་པད་ཀོག ( a lag pad kog )
Turkish: kukla (tr)
Turkmen: gurjak
Ukrainian: маріоне́тка f ( marionétka ) , ля́лька (uk) f ( ljálʹka ) , ку́кла (uk) f ( kúkla )
Urdu: گُڑِیا f ( guṛiyā ) , تلی f ( putlī )
Uyghur: قورچاق ( qorchaq )
Uzbek: qoʻgʻirchoq (uz)
Vietnamese: con rối (vi)
Welsh: pyped m
Yiddish: ליאַלקע f ( lyalke ) , מאַריאָנעטטע f ( maryonette )
person or country controlled by another
Albanian: kukull (sq) f
Arabic: دُمْيَة (ar) f ( dumya )
Azerbaijani: qondarma (az) , kukla (az)
Belarusian: марыяне́тка f ( maryjanjétka )
Bulgarian: марионе́тка (bg) f ( marionétka )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傀儡 (zh) ( kuǐlěi ) , 提線木偶 ／ 提线木偶 (zh) ( tíxiàn mù'ǒu ) , 提线木偶 (zh) ( tíxiàn mù'ǒu )
Czech: loutka (cs) f
Danish: marionet c
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: nukk marionett
Finnish: nukkevaltio ( country ) , nukkehallitsija (fi) ( ruler ) ; sätkynukke (fi) , marionetti (fi) ( person ) , nukke (fi)
Georgian: მარიონეტი ( marioneṭi )
German: Marionette (de) f
Greek: μαριονέτα (el) f ( marionéta )
Hebrew: בובה \ בֻּבָּה (he) f ( bubá )
Hungarian: báb (hu)
Icelandic: leikbrúða f strengjabrúða f
Indonesian: boneka (id)
Italian: marionetta (it) f fantoccio (it) m pedina (it) f
Japanese: 人形 (ja) ( にんぎょう, ningyō ) , 傀儡 (ja) ( かいらい、kairai )
Korean: 꼭두각시 (ko) ( kkokdugaksi ) , 괴뢰(傀儡) (ko) ( goeroe )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Latvian: marionete f
Lithuanian: marionetė f
Malay: boneka
Malayalam: ചരടുപാവ ( caraṭupāva )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тоглоом (mn) ( togloom )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: marionett m nikkedukke (no) m or f ( literally "nodding doll" )
Polish: marionetka (pl) f
Portuguese: marionete (pt) f fantoche (pt) m
Romanian: marionetă (ro) f
Russian: марионе́тка (ru) f ( marionétka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лу̏тка f
Roman: lȕtka (sh) f
Slovak: bábka f
Slovene: lutka (sl) f
Spanish: títere (es) m marioneta f fantoche (es) m
Swedish: marionett (sv) c marionett- e.g. marionettregering marionettstat )
Thai: หุ่นเชิด ( hùn-chə̂ət )
Turkish: kukla (tr)
Ukrainian: маріоне́тка f ( marionétka )
Vietnamese: con rối (vi) , bù nhìn (vi)
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