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Meaning of Puppet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈpʌpɪt

Definitions

  1. Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
  2. A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
    figuratively
  3. A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
    obsolete
  4. The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

Equivalents

العربية الدمية دمية
Azərbaycanca kukla qondarma
Беларуская лялька
Български кукла
বাংলা পুতুল
བོད་སྐད ཨ་ལག་པད་ཀོག
Català ninot titella
Čeština figura loutka loutkový panenka
Cymraeg pyped
Esperanto pupo
Français marionnette
Gaeilge puipéad
Gàidhlig gille-mirein pupaid
עברית בובה
Magyar bab bábu
Հայերեն խամաճիկ տիկնիկ
Bahasa Indonesia boneka wayang
Íslenska brúða leikbrúða
Қазақша қуыршақ
한국어 괴뢰 꼭두각시 우인 인형
Kurdî bab kukla lele
Кыргызча куурчак
Latina pupa
Lietuvių lėlė
Latviešu lelle
Te Reo Māori karetao
Македонски кукла марионета
മലയാളം പാവ
Bahasa Melayu anak patung boneka
မြန်မာဘာသာ အရုပ်
Nederlands marionet
Português fantoche marionete
Slovenčina babka maňuška
Shqip kukull
Kiswahili karagosi
Tagalog sebekoy
Türkçe kukla
اردو گڑیا

Examples

“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”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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