puppet

English

Bleeckie, an example of a rodpuppet.

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishpopet,probably from, though attested earlier than,Middle Frenchpoupette,diminutive ofpoupée(cf. also Medieval Latin*pupata), ultimately derived fromLatinpupa(“doll, puppet; girl”).The nominal form first appears c. 1531, and the verbal form c. 1635. See alsopuppy.

Pronunciation

• enPR:pŭpʹĭt,IPA^(key):/ˈpʌpɪt/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ʌpɪt
• Hyphenation:pup‧pet

Noun

puppet(pluralpuppets)

1. Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of aglove.
2. (figuratively)A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
   • 1820March, [Walter Scott],The Monastery. A Romance.[…],volume(please specify |volume=I to III),Edinburgh:[…]Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown,[…];and forArchibald Constable and Co.,andJohn Ballantyne,[…],→OCLC:

     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 thepuppetshad been consigned to repose

3. (obsolete)Apoppet;a small image in the human form; a doll.
4. (engineering)Theuprightsupportfor thebearingof thespindlein alathe.

Synonyms

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

Verb

puppet(third-person singular simple presentpuppets,present participlepuppeting,simple past and past participlepuppeted)

1. (transitive,alsofiguratively)Tocontrolormanipulatelike a puppet.

Derived terms

• finger puppet
• fuckpuppet
• glove puppet
• hand puppet
• happy puppet syndrome
• meat puppet
• puppet army
• puppeteer
• puppet government
• puppet leader
• puppetman
• puppetmaster
• puppet regime
• puppet ruler
• puppetry
• puppet show
• puppet state
• puppet valve
• shadow puppet
• sock puppet

Related terms

• marionette
• muppet
• puppy

Translations

movable model of a person or animal

• Acehnese:please add this translation if you can
• Albanian:kukull(sq)f
• Arabic:دُمْيَةf(dumya)
• Armenian:մարիոնետ(hy)(marionet),խամաճիկ(hy)(xamačik),տիկնիկ(hy)(tiknik),խաղատիկնիկ(hy)(xaġatiknik)
• Azerbaijani:kukla(az)
• Bashkir:ҡурсаҡ(qursaq)
• Belarusian:марыяне́ткаf(maryjanjétka),ля́лькаf(ljálʹka),ку́клаf(kúkla)
• Bengali:পুতুল(bn)(putul)
• Bulgarian:ку́кла(bg)f(kúkla),марионе́тка(bg)f(marionétka)
• Burmese:အရုပ်(my)(a.rup)
• Chakma:please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Rối gỗ(muk⁶ngau⁵),Người ngẫu nhiên(jan⁴ngau⁵),Người gỗ(ngau⁵jan⁴)

  Mandarin:Rối gỗ(zh)(mù'ǒu),Người ngẫu nhiên(zh)(rén'ǒu),Người gỗ(zh)(ǒurén)

• Cornish:popetm
• Czech:loutka(cs)f
• Danish:marionetc
• 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:monicrequem,marionetaf,fantochem,monifatem
• 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:ἀνδρείκελονn(andreíkelon),νευρόσπαστονn(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,leikbrúðaf
• Indonesian:boneka(id)
• Irish:puipéad
• Italian:marionetta(it)f,fantoccio(it)m
• Japanese:Con rối(ja)(くぐつ, kugutsu),パペット(papetto),Thao り hình người(ja)(ayatsuri ningyō),Người gỗ(ja)(ぐうじん, gūjin),Hình người(ja)(にんぎょう, ningyō)
• Kazakh:қуыршақ(quyrşaq)
• Khmer:អាយ៉ង(km)(ʼaayɑɑng),ណាំងតាលុង(nang taalung)
• Korean:꼭두각시(ko)(kkokdugaksi),인형( hình người )(ko)(inhyeong),우인( người gỗ )(u'in)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish:kukla(ku)

• Kyrgyz:куурчак(ky)(kuurcak)
• Lao:ຕຸກກະຕາ(lo)(tuk ka tā)
• Latin:neuropastumn,pupaf
• Latvian:marionetef,lellef
• Lithuanian:marionetėf,lėlėf
• Macedonian:куклаf(kukla),марионе́таf(marionéta)
• Malay:boneka,anak patung
• Malayalam:പാവ(ml)(pāva)
• Maori:karetao,tokoraurape
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic:хүүхэлдэй(mn)(xüüxeldej)

  Mongolian:ᠬᠡᠦᠬᠡᠯᠳᠡᠢ(keükeldei)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:marionettm,hånddukkemorf(in glove form)

• Old East Slavic:куклаf(kukla)
• Ottoman Turkish:قوقله(kukla),ببك(bebek)
• Pashto:لوبته(ps)f(lobata),لوبتکm(lobtak),لوبتکهf(lobtǝka),لوڅکهf(lūcaka),ليځکهf(lijǝka),ننځکهf(nanjǝka),پوتلۍ(ps)f(putlay),ګوډاګىf(guḍāgay)
• Persian:

  Dari:گُدِی(gudī)

  Iranian Persian:عَروسَک(phát)(arusak)

• Plautdietsch:Aumpelmaunm
• Polish:lalka(pl)f
• Portuguese:fantoche(pt)m
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi:ਪੁਤਲੀf(putlī),ਕਠਪੁਤਲੀf(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-mireinm,pupaidf
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:лу̏ткаf

  Roman:lȕtka(sh)f

• Sinhalese:රූකඩ(rūkaḍa)
• Slovak:maňuškaf,bábkaf
• Slovene:lutka(sl)f
• Spanish:títere(es)m,marionetaf,fantoche(es)m
• Swahili:karagosi
• Swedish:marionett(sv)c
• Tagalog:sebekoy
• Tajik:зоча(zoča),лӯхтак(lüxtak),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:маріоне́ткаf(marionétka),ля́лька(uk)f(ljálʹka),ку́кла(uk)f(kúkla)
• Urdu:گُڑِیاf(guṛiyā),پُتْلِیf(putlī)
• Uyghur:قورچاق(qorchaq)
• Uzbek:qoʻgʻirchoq(uz)
• Vietnamese:con rối(vi)
• Welsh:pypedm
• Yiddish:ליאַלקעf(lyalke),מאַריאָנעטטעf(maryonette)

doll—seedoll

person or country controlled by another

• Albanian:kukull(sq)f
• Arabic:دُمْيَةf(dumya)
• Armenian:մարիոնետ(hy)(marionet),խամաճիկ(hy)(xamačik)
• Azerbaijani:qondarma(az),kukla(az)
• Belarusian:марыяне́ткаf(maryjanjétka)
• Bulgarian:марионе́тка(bg)f(marionétka)
• Catalan:ninot(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Con rối(zh)(kuǐlěi),Rối gỗ giật dây／Rối gỗ giật dây(zh)(tíxiàn mù'ǒu)

• Czech:loutka(cs)f
• Danish:marionetc
• Dutch:marionet(nl)morf
• 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:leikbrúðaf,strengjabrúðaf
• Indonesian:boneka(id)
• Italian:marionetta(it)f,fantoccio(it)m,pedina(it)f
• Japanese:Hình người(ja)(にんぎょう, ningyō),Con rối(ja)(かいらい, kairai)
• Korean:꼭두각시(ko)(kkokdugaksi),괴뢰( con rối )(ko)(goeroe)
• Latvian:marionetef
• Lithuanian:marionetėf
• Malay:boneka
• Malayalam:ചരടുപാവ(caraṭupāva)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic:тоглоом(mn)(togloom)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:marionettm,nikkedukke(no)morf(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:лу̏ткаf

  Roman:lȕtka(sh)f

• Slovak:bábkaf
• Slovene:lutka(sl)f
• Spanish:títere(es)m,marionetaf,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,nickedockac
• Thai:หุ่นเชิด(th)(hùn-chə̂ət)
• Turkish:kukla(tr)
• Ukrainian:маріоне́ткаf(marionétka)
• Vietnamese:con rối(vi),bù nhìn(vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Slovak:^{(pleaseverify)}bábikaf(3)