German

Noun

Marionette f ‎(genitive Marionette, plural Marionetten)

1. A marionette or any type of puppet generally

Declension

Derived terms

• Marionettenregierung

English

A marionette being manipulated by a puppetmaster during a traditional yoke thé performance in Bagan, Myanmar

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. (zoology) 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 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
• manipulator

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 Superseded spelling of marionete.