puppetry

English

Etymology

puppet +‎ -ry

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌp.ɪ.tɹi/

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Noun

puppetry (countable and uncountable, plural puppetries)

1. (uncountable) The art of making, and performing with puppets
2. (countable) The action of a puppet, or a stilted or puppet-like dramatic performance
3. (obsolete) finery; affectation

Derived terms

• shadow puppetry

Translations

art of making and performing with puppets

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: kuklaçılıq
• Bulgarian: кукловодство n (kuklovodstvo)
• Finnish: nukketeatteri (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Puppenspiel (de) n
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: pedalangan (id), seni wayang
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Malayalam: പാവകളി (ml) (pāvakaḷi)
• Polish: lalkarstwo n, teatr lalek m
• Portuguese: titeragem f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: arte del titiritero m
• Turkish: kuklacılık (tr)