puppet

English

Bleeckie, an example of a rod puppet.

Etymology

From Middle English popet, probably from, though attested earlier than, Middle French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately derived from Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”). The nominal form first appears c. 1531, and the verbal form c. 1635. See also puppy.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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.
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  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
- 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 209:
  Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity. Man was thus virtually a symbolic puppet in the hands of the Roman pantheon.
(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.

Synonyms

(a person directed by another): monkey (with reference to organ grinders), creature

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Irish: puipéad
→ Welsh: pyped

Translations

movable model of a person or animal

Acehnese: please add this translation if you can
Albanian: kukull (sq) f
Amharic: አሻንጉሊት (ʾäšangulit)
Arabic: دُمْيَة 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 (bn) (putul)
Bulgarian: ку́кла (bg) f (kúkla), марионе́тка (bg) f (marionétka)
Burmese: အရုပ် (my) (a.rup)
Catalan: titella (ca)
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 木偶 (muk⁶ ngau⁵), 人偶 (jan⁴ ngau⁵), 偶人 (ngau⁵ jan⁴)

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 (de) f (in glove form), Marionette (de) f (moved with strings)
Greek: ανδρείκελο (el) n (andreíkelo), νευρόσπαστο (el) n (nevróspasto), μαριονέτα (el) f (marionéta)
Ancient Greek: ἀνδρείκελον n (andreíkelon), νευρόσπαστον n (neuróspaston)
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, burattino (it) m, pupazzo (it) m
Japanese: 傀儡 (ja) (くぐつ, kugutsu), パペット (papetto), 操り人形 (ja) (ayatsuri ningyō), 偶人 (ja) (ぐうじん, gūjin), 人形 (ja) (にんぎょう, ningyō)
Kazakh: қуыршақ (quyrşaq)
Khmer: អាយ៉ង (km) (ʼaayɑɑng), ណាំងតាលុង (nang taalung)
Korean: 꼭두각시 (ko) (kkokdugaksi), 인형(人形) (ko) (inhyeong), 우인(偶人) (u'in)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kukla (ku)
Kyrgyz: куурчак (ky) (kuurcak)
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 (ms)
Malayalam: പാവ (ml) (pāva)
Maori: karetao, tokoraurape
Marathi: कठपुतळी f (kaṭhputḷī), कळसूत्री f (kaḷsūtrī)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хүүхэлдэй (mn) (xüüxeldej)

Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠦᠬᠡᠯᠳᠡᠢ (keükeldei)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: marionett m, hånddukke m or f (in glove form)
Old East Slavic: кукла f (kukla)
Ottoman Turkish: قوقله (kukla), ببك (bebek)
Pashto: لوبته (ps) f (lobata), لوبتک m (lobtak), لوبتکه f (lobtǝka), لوڅکه f (lūcaka), ليځکه f (lijǝka), ننځکه f (nanjǝka), پوتلۍ (ps) f (putlay), ګوډاګى f (guḍāgay)
Persian:
Dari: گُدِی (gudī)

Iranian Persian: عَروسَک (arusak)
Plautdietsch: Aumpelmaun m
Polish: lalka (pl) f
Portuguese: fantoche (pt) m
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਪੁਤਲੀ f (putlī), ਕਠਪੁਤਲੀ f (kaṭhputalī)
Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: păpușă (ro) f, marionetă (ro) f
Russian: марионе́тка (ru) f (marionétka), ку́кла (ru) f (kúkla)
Samoan: papeti
Sanskrit: पाञ्चालिका (sa) f (pāñcālikā)
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 (es) f, fantoche (es) m
Swahili: karagosi
Swedish: marionett (sv) c
Tagalog: sebekoy
Tajik: зоча (zoča), лӯхтак (lůxtak), арусак (arusak)
Tatar: курчак (tt) (qurçaq)
Thai: หุ่นเชิด (th) (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), پُتْلِی f (putlī)
Uyghur: قورچاق (qorchaq)
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

Albanian: kukull (sq) f
Arabic: دُمْيَة f (dumya)
Armenian: մարիոնետ (hy) (marionet), խամաճիկ (hy) (xamačik)
Azerbaijani: qondarma (az), kukla (az)
Belarusian: марыяне́тка f (maryjanjétka)
Bulgarian: марионе́тка (bg) f (marionétka)
Catalan: ninot (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傀儡 (zh) (kuǐlěi), 提線木偶 / 提线木偶 (zh) (tíxiàn mù'ǒu)
Czech: loutka (cs) f
Danish: marionet c
Dutch: marionet (nl) m or f
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)
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 (es) f, fantoche (es) m, monigote (es) m, pelele (es) m
Swedish: marionett (sv) c, marionett- (e.g. marionettregering = controlled government, marionettstat (sv) = controlled country), sprattelgubbe (sv) c, nickedocka c
Thai: หุ่นเชิด (th) (hùn-chə̂ət)
Turkish: kukla (tr)
Ukrainian: маріоне́тка f (marionétka)
Vietnamese: con rối (vi), bù nhìn (vi)

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Slovak: ^{(please verify)} bábika f (3)

Verb

puppet (third-person singular simple present puppets, present participle puppeting, simple past and past participle puppeted)

(transitive, also figuratively) To control or manipulate like a puppet.