different between puppet vs marionette

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French marionnette. One of the first figures to be made into a marionette was the Virgin Mary, hence the name.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

marionette (plural marionettes)

1. A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
   • 1885 — Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado

     If you think we are worked by strings,

     Like a Japanese marionette,

     You don't understand these things:

     It is simply Court etiquette.

2. (obsolete) The buffel duck.

Derived terms

• marionettist

Translations

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.

See also

• marionette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Marionettes in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• manipulator

Anagrams

• metanorite, ortetamine, temeration

Interlingua

Noun

marionette (plural marionettes)

1. marionette

Italian

Noun

marionette f

1. plural of marionetta

Anagrams

• intemerato, riemettano

Portuguese

Noun

marionette f (plural marionettes)

1. Superseded spelling of marionete.