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 and 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 (cmn), 活动木偶 (cmn) (huódòng mù'ǒu)

• Czech: marioneta (cs) f
• Dutch: marionet (nl) f
• Finnish: marionetti (fi)
• French: marionnette (fr) f
• German: Marionette (de) f
• Hungarian: marionett (hu)
• Interlingua: marionette (ia)
• 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
• Romanian: marionetă (ro) f
• Russian: марионетка (ru) (marionétka) f
• Slovak: bábka (sk) f
• Spanish: marioneta (es) f
• Swedish: marionett (sv) c
• Volapük: marionät (vo)

Verb

marionette (third-person singular simple present marionettes, present participle marionetting, simple past and past participle marionetted)

1. (transitive) To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.

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