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Meaning of Puppet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ˈpʌpɪt

Definitions

Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
figuratively
A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
obsolete
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

Bosanski babu figura lala lele lutak lutka marioneta pupa лутак лутка марионета

Català ninot titella

Čeština figura loutka loutkový panenka

Cymraeg pyped

Deutsch Hampelmann Handpuppe Marionette marionettengleich

Ελληνικά ανδρείκελο κούκλα μαριονέτα μοντέλο νευρόσπαστο

Esperanto pupo

Español fantoche marioneta monigote pelele títere

Eesti hüpiknukk nukk nuku

Suomi käsinukke marionetti nukke nukkehallitsija nukkevaltio sätkynukke

Français marionnette

Gaeilge puipéad

Gàidhlig gille-mirein pupaid

Galego fantoche marioneta monicreque monifate

עברית בובה

हिन्दी कठपुतली गुड़िया पुतली

Hrvatski babu figura lala lele lutak lutka marioneta pupa лутак лутка марионета

Magyar bab bábu

Հայերեն խամաճիկ տիկնիկ

Bahasa Indonesia boneka wayang

Íslenska brúða leikbrúða

Italiano burattino fantoccio marionetta pedina pupazzo

日本語パペット人形偶人傀儡儡操り人形木偶木偶の坊

ქართული თოჯინა მარიონეტი

Қазақша қуыршақ

ខ្មែរ ណាំងតាលុង អាយ៉ង

한국어 괴뢰 꼭두각시 우인 인형

Kurdî bab kukla lala lele

Кыргызча куурчак

Latina pupa pupulus

ລາວ ຕຸກກະຕາ

Lietuvių lėlė

Latviešu lelle

Te Reo Māori karetao

Македонски кукла марионета

മലയാളം പാവ

Монгол тоглоом хүүхэлдэй

Bahasa Melayu anak patung boneka

မြန်မာဘာသာ အရုပ်

Nederlands marionet

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਕਠਪੁਤਲੀ ਪੁਤਲੀ

Polski figurant lala lalka łątka manekin marionetka pajac pajacyk pupa

Português fantoche marionete

Română marionetă păpușă

Русский кукла марионетка

Slovenčina babka maňuška

Shqip kukull

Српски babu figura lala lele lutak lutka marioneta pupa лутак лутка марионета

Svenska marionett nickedocka sprattelgubbe

Kiswahili karagosi

Тоҷикӣ арӯсак зоча лӯхтак

ไทย หุ่นกระบอก หุ่นเชิด

Tagalog sebekoy

Türkçe kukla

Українська лялька маріонетка маріонетковий

اردو گڑیا

Tiếng Việt bù nhìn con rối hình nhân

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.”

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