"puppeteer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpʌpɪˈtɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌpʌpəˈtɪ(ə)ɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puppeteer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: puppeteers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From puppet + -eer. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|puppet|eer}} puppet + -eer Head templates: {{en-noun}} puppeteer (plural puppeteers)
  1. A person who uses a puppet. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: puppet master Hyponyms: sock puppeteer Translations (person who uses a puppet): kuklaçı (Azerbaijani), ля́лечнік (ljálječnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), куклово́д (kuklovód) [masculine] (Bulgarian), loutkoherec [masculine] (Czech), loutkář [masculine] (Czech), poppenspeler [masculine] (Dutch), marionetisto (Esperanto), marionetistino (Esperanto), dukkuførari [masculine] (Faroese), marionnettiste [feminine, masculine] (French), Puppenspieler [masculine] (German), Puppenspielerin [feminine] (German), μαριονετίστας (marionetístas) [masculine] (Greek), κουκλοπαίχτης (kouklopaíchtis) [masculine] (Greek), bábjátékos (Hungarian), dalang (Indonesian), burattinaio [masculine] (Italian), burattinaia [feminine] (Italian), marionettista [masculine] (Italian), puparo [masculine] (Italian), куурчакчы (kuurcakcı) (Kyrgyz), куклар (kuklar) [masculine] (Macedonian), dalang (Malay), ringa karetao (Maori), قوقلهجی (kuklacı) (Ottoman Turkish), lalkarz [masculine] (Polish), lalkarka [feminine] (Polish), animator [masculine] (Polish), animatorka [feminine] (Polish), marionetista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), fantocheiro [masculine] (Portuguese), păpușar [masculine] (Romanian), marionetist [masculine, rare] (Romanian), marionetistă [feminine, rare] (Romanian), куклово́д (kuklovód) [masculine] (Russian), ку́кольник (kúkolʹnik) [masculine] (Russian), лу̏тка̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lȕtkār [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bábkar [masculine] (Slovak), bábkoherec [masculine] (Slovak), lutkar [masculine] (Slovene), lutkarica [feminine] (Slovene), titiritero [masculine] (Spanish), muñequero [masculine] (Spanish), marionetista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), dockspelare [common-gender] (Swedish), marionettspelare [common-gender] (Swedish), kuklacı (Turkish), лялька́р (ljalʹkár) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-puppeteer-en-noun--smmqkJn Disambiguation of Occupations: 49 30 7 14 Disambiguation of People: 55 31 8 6 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -eer Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 31 6 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -eer: 37 33 9 21 Disambiguation of 'person who uses a puppet': 91 9
  2. (figurative) Someone who is manipulative and thus able to get people to do what they want or to make events develop in the way they want in a puppet-like manner. Tags: figuratively Translations (someone who is manipulative): 控制狂 (Chinese Mandarin), manipulateur [masculine] (French), manipolatore [masculine] (Italian), burattinaio [masculine] (Italian), manipulant [masculine] (Romanian), manipulator [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-puppeteer-en-noun-frY~xneV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -eer Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 43 4 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -eer: 37 33 9 21 Disambiguation of 'someone who is manipulative': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: puppeteering, sock puppeteer Related terms: organ grinder, the organ grinder, not the monkey

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌpʌpɪˈtɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌpʌpəˈtɪ(ə)ɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puppeteer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: puppeteers [present, singular, third-person], puppeteering [participle, present], puppeteered [participle, past], puppeteered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From puppet + -eer. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|puppet|eer}} puppet + -eer Head templates: {{en-verb}} puppeteer (third-person singular simple present puppeteers, present participle puppeteering, simple past and past participle puppeteered)
  1. To control (a puppet). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-puppeteer-en-verb-trppY9tA
  2. (figurative) To control (an event, person, or organization) from behind the scenes. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-puppeteer-en-verb-1jcua-yD Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -eer Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -eer: 37 33 9 21

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˌpʌpəˈtɪ(ə)ɹ/",
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        "A person who uses a puppet."
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "word": "kuklaçı"
    },
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      "code": "be",
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kuklovód",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "куклово́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "loutkoherec"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "loutkář"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poppenspeler"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "word": "marionetisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "word": "marionetistino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dukkuførari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marionnettiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Puppenspieler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Puppenspielerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "marionetístas",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μαριονετίστας"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kouklopaíchtis",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κουκλοπαίχτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "word": "bábjátékos"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "word": "dalang"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "burattinaio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burattinaia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marionettista"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puparo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kuurcakcı",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "word": "куурчакчы"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kuklar",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "куклар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "word": "dalang"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "word": "ringa karetao"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kuklacı",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "word": "قوقلهجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lalkarz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lalkarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "animator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "animatorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marionetista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fantocheiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "păpușar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "marionetist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "marionetistă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kuklovód",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "куклово́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kúkolʹnik",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ку́кольник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лу̏тка̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lȕtkār"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bábkar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bábkoherec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lutkar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lutkarica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "titiritero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muñequero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marionetista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dockspelare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "marionettspelare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "word": "kuklacı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ljalʹkár",
      "sense": "person who uses a puppet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лялька́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "someone who is manipulative",
      "word": "控制狂"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who is manipulative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "manipulateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who is manipulative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "manipolatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who is manipulative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "burattinaio"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone who is manipulative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "manipulant"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone who is manipulative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "manipulator"
    }
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}

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        "present",
        "singular",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "To control (an event, person, or organization) from behind the scenes."
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      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
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      "ipa": "/ˌpʌpɪˈtɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpʌpəˈtɪ(ə)ɹ/",
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        "General-American"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puppeteer"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.