Polyglot Dictionary

marionnette

/ma.ʁjɔ.nɛt/

la noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les marionnettes

Meaning

  1. puppet

    • La marionnette bouge grâce à des fils.

      The puppet moves on strings.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

fantoche

fantoche is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "puppet."

Portuguese

marionete

marionete is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "puppet."

Practice

1 What does marionnette mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ bouge grâce à des fils.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches marionnette?

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