"marionette" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmæɹi.əˈnɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-marionette.wav Forms: marionettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from French marionnette. The word 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|marionnette}} French marionnette Head templates: {{en-noun}} marionette (plural marionettes)
  1. A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings. Categories (topical): Puppets Categories (lifeform): Ducks Translations (string puppet): խամաճիկ (xamačik) (Armenian), марыяне́тка (maryjanjétka) [feminine] (Belarusian), марионетка (marionetka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), marioneta [feminine] (Catalan), 扯線公仔 (Chinese Cantonese), 扯线公仔 (ce² sin³ gung¹ zai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 木頭公仔 (Chinese Cantonese), 木头公仔 (muk⁶ tau⁴ gung¹ zai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 扯線木偶 (Chinese Mandarin), 扯线木偶 (Chinese Mandarin), 扯线木偶 (chěxiàn mù'ǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 提線木偶 (Chinese Mandarin), 提线木偶 (tíxiàn mù'ǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 懸絲傀儡 (Chinese Mandarin), 悬丝傀儡 (xuánsī kuǐlěi) (Chinese Mandarin), marioneta [feminine] (Czech), marionet [feminine] (Dutch), marioneto (Esperanto), marionetti (Finnish), marionnette [feminine] (French), Marionette [feminine] (German), marionett (Hungarian), marioneto (Ido), marionette (Interlingua), marionetta [feminine] (Italian), 糸繰り人形 (itokuri ningyō) (alt: いとくりにんぎょう) (Japanese), マリオネット (marionetto) (Japanese), қуыршақ (quyrşaq) (Kazakh), vavato [masculine] (Latin), marionett [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), marionett [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), قوقله (kukla) (Ottoman Turkish), ببك (bebek) (Ottoman Turkish), عَرُوسَکِ خَیْمَه شَب بازِی (Persian), Aumpelmaun [masculine] (Plautdietsch), marionetka [feminine] (Polish), marionete [feminine] (Portuguese), marionetă [feminine] (Romanian), марионе́тка (marionétka) [feminine] (Russian), bábka [feminine] (Slovak), marioneta [feminine] (Spanish), marionett [common-gender] (Swedish), หุ่นเชิด (hùn-chə̂ət) (Thai), kukla [common-gender] (Turkish), маріоне́тка (marionétka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), marionät (Volapük)
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  2. (obsolete) The buffel duck. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-marionette-en-noun-L2K~9xnH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: marionette line, marionettist

Verb

IPA: /ˌmæɹi.əˈnɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-marionette.wav Forms: marionettes [present, singular, third-person], marionetting [participle, present], marionetted [participle, past], marionetted [past]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from French marionnette. The word 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|marionnette}} French marionnette Head templates: {{en-verb}} marionette (third-person singular simple present marionettes, present participle marionetting, simple past and past participle marionetted)
  1. (transitive) To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate. Tags: transitive Related terms: manipulator
    Sense id: en-marionette-en-verb-~jLAzOxB

Inflected forms

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          "word": "խամաճիկ"
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          "roman": "xuánsī kuǐlěi",
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          "roman": "kukla",
          "sense": "string puppet",
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          "sense": "string puppet",
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          "sense": "string puppet",
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          "sense": "string puppet",
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          "sense": "string puppet",
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        "(transitive) To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmæɹi.əˈnɛt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-marionette.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-marionette.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-marionette.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-marionette.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-marionette.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Bagan",
    "yoke thé"
  ],
  "word": "marionette"
}

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