marionette

See also Marionette

English

Etymology

French marionnette. One of the first figures to be made into a marionette was the Virgin Mary, hence the name.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

marionette (plural marionettes)

1. A string puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
   • 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

     If you think we are worked by strings,

     Like a Japanese marionette,

     You don't understand these things:

     It is simply Court etiquette.

2. (zoology) The buffel duck.

Derived terms

• marionettist

Translations

string puppet

Chinese: Mandarin: 活動木偶 (zh), 活动木偶 (zh) (huódòng mù'ǒu) Czech: marioneta (cs) f. Dutch: marionet f. Finnish: marionetti (fi) French: marionnette (fr) f. German: Marionette (de) f. Hungarian: marionett (hu) Interlingua: marionette

Italian: marionetta (it) f. Japanese: 絡繰り人形 (ja) (からくりにんぎょう, karakuri ningyō), マリオネット (ja) (marionetto) Polish: marionetka (pl) f. Portuguese: marionete (pt) f. Russian: марионетка (ru) (marionétka) f. Slovak: bábka f. Spanish: marioneta (es) f. Swedish: marionett (sv) c. Volapük: marionät

See also

• Marionette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Marionettes in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
• manipulator

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Interlingua

Noun

marionette (plural marionettes)

1. marionette

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Italian

Noun

marionette f.

1. Plural form of marionetta.

Anagrams

• intemerato, riemettano