different between puppet vs mannequin

English

Etymology

From Middle English popet, probably from, though attested earlier than, Middle French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately derived from a Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?p??t, IPA^(key): /?p?p?t/
• Rhymes: -?p?t
• Hyphenation: pup?pet

Noun

puppet (plural puppets)

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. (figuratively) A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
3. (obsolete) A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
4. (engineering) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

Derived terms

Related terms

• marionette
• muppet

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• manikin, mannikin, manequin

Etymology

From the French mannequin, from the Dutch manneken (“little man”), diminutive of Dutch man (“man”), equivalent to man +? -kin; compare ramequin/ramekin. Doublet of manikin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæn??k?n/
• Homophone: manakin

Noun

mannequin (plural mannequins)

1. A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes
2. A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery
3. An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR
4. A person who models clothes

Derived terms

• mannequinlike

Translations

See also

• mannequin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From French mannequin.

Noun

mannequin c (singular definite mannequinen, plural indefinite mannequiner)

1. mannequin

Declension

Further reading

• “mannequin” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French mannequin, from Dutch manneken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.n??k??n/
• Hyphenation: man?ne?quin

Noun

mannequin m (plural mannequins)

1. A clothes model or fashion model, a mannequin.

Hypernyms

• model

Related terms

• man

French

Etymology

From Dutch manneken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.k??/

Noun

mannequin m (plural mannequins)

1. (fashion) model
   • 2016 September 9, "Un mannequin défiguré à l’acide défile à la Fashion Week de New York", Le Monde.

2. dummy, mannequin
   • 2016 August 18, Matteo Maillard, "Être mère et prostituée au Mali", Le Monde.

Descendants

• ? Catalan: maniquí
• ? Czech: manekýn
• ? Danish: mannequin
• ? Dutch: mannequin
• ? English: mannequin
  • ? Japanese: ???? (manekin)
    • ? Korean: ??? (maneking)
• ? Georgian: ???????? (mane?eni)
• ? German: Mannequin
• ? Greek: ??????? (manekén)
• ? Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mannekeng
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mannekeng
• ? Hungarian: manöken
• ? Polish: manekin
• ? Portuguese: manequim
• ? Romanian: manechin
• ? Russian: ??????? (maneken)
• ? Swedish: mannekäng
• ? Spanish: maniquí
• ? Vietnamese: ma-n?-canh

Further reading

• “mannequin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).