puppet

English

Bleeckie, an example of a rod puppet.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately derived from a Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”).

Pronunciation

enPR: pŭpʹĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈpʌpɪt/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ʌpɪt
Hyphenation: pup‧pet

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) A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)
(obsolete) A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
(engineering) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

Derived terms

puppetman
puppetmaster
puppet regime

Related terms

Translations

movable model of a person or animal

Albanian: kukull (sq) f
Arabic: دُمْيَة‎ f (dumya)
Armenian: մարիոնետ (hy) (marionet), խամաճիկ (hy) (xamačik), տիկնիկ (hy) (tiknik), խաղատիկնիկ (hy) (xałatiknik)
Azerbaijani: kukla (az)
Bashkir: ҡурсаҡ (qursaq)
Belarusian: марыяне́тка f (maryjanjétka), ля́лька f (ljálʹka)
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 (rén'ǒu), 偶人 (zh) (ǒurén)
Cornish: popet m
Czech: loutka (cs) f
Danish: marionet
Dutch: marionet (nl) f
Esperanto: pupo (eo)
Estonian: hüpiknukk, marionett
Finnish: käsinukke (fi) (in glove form); sätkynukke (fi), marionetti (fi) (moved with strings); nukke (fi) (generic)
French: marionnette (fr) f
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)
Hungarian: báb (hu)
Icelandic: brúða (is) f, leikbrúða f
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 (qwırşaq)
Korean: 꼭두각시 (ko) (kkokdugaksi), 인형 (ko) (inhyeong), 우인 (u-in)
Kyrgyz: куурчак (ky) (kuurçak)
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
Maori: karetao, tokoraurape
Mongolian: хүүхэлдэй (mn) (hüüheldej)
Norwegian: marionett m
Bokmål: hånddukke m or f (in glove form)
Persian: عروسک‎ (fa) ('arusak)
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)
Scottish Gaelic: gille-mirein m, pupaid f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лутка 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)
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)
Uzbek: qoʻgʻirchoq (uz)
Vietnamese: con rối (vi)
Welsh: pyped m
Yiddish: ליאַלקע‎ f (lyalke), מאַריאָנעטטע‎ f (maryonette)

doll — see doll

person or country controlled by another

Belarusian: марыяне́тка f (maryjanjétka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傀儡 (zh) (kuǐlěi)
Czech: loutka (cs) f
Danish: marionet
Finnish: nukkevaltio (country), nukkehallitsija (ruler); sätkynukke (fi), marionetti (fi) (person)
German: Marionette (de) f
Icelandic: leikbrúða f, strengjabrúða f
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 (ko) (goeroe)
Norwegian: marionett m
Bokmål: nikkedukke (no) m or f (literally "nodding doll")
Portuguese: marionete (pt) f, fantoche (pt) m
Russian: марионе́тка (ru) f (marionétka)
Spanish: títere (es) m, marioneta f, fantoche (es) m
Swedish: marionett (sv), marionett- (e.g. marionettregering = controlled government, marionettstat = controlled country)
Ukrainian: маріоне́тка f (marionétka)
Vietnamese: con rối (vi), bù nhìn (vi)

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Slovak: bábka f (2, 4); bábika f (3)

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