marionette

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
2. (obsolete) The buffel duck.

Verb

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

Conceptos

marioneta

títere

fantoche

titere

Sinónimos

puppet

doll

dummy

fantoccini

stooge

Punch-and-Judy show

string puppet

figure

manikin

moppet

poppet

Traducciones

Marionette

marionnette

marionet

marionetta

marionete

titella

μαριονέτα

kukla

pantin

fantoche

trekpop

mariòta

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˌmæɹi.əˈnɛt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from French marionnette. The word had originally meant a small statue of the Virgin Mary, then also a puppet of her used in religious theatrical presentations, finally generalised to any puppet.