different between strings vs marionette

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st???z/

Noun

strings

1. plural of string

Noun

strings pl (plural only)

1. (music) Collectively, the stringed instruments in an orchestra.
2. (figuratively) Conditions, especially undesirable ones.

Verb

strings

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of string

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

strings

1. Plural form of string

French

Noun

strings m

1. plural of string

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 Superseded spelling of marionete.