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I was very much in my room with my marionette stage, you know, creating these incredibly boring things that I felt were so fascinating, and forcing my relatives to come, and charging money for them to see my little productions.
Bob Balaban

Meaning of "marionette" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MARIONETTE

From French, from Marion, diminutive of Marie Mary + -ette.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MARIONETTE

marionette  [ˌmærɪəˈnɛt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MARIONETTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Marionette is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MARIONETTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

marionette

Marionette

A marionette is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations. A marionette's puppeteer is called a manipulator. Marionettes are operated with the puppeteer hidden or revealed to an audience by using a vertical or horizontal control bar in different forms of theatres or entertainment venues. They have also been used in films and on television. The attachment of the strings varies according to its character or purpose.

Definition of marionette in the English dictionary

The definition of marionette in the dictionary is an articulated puppet or doll whose jointed limbs are moved by strings.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MARIONETTE


balconet
ˌbælkəˈnɛt
balconette
ˌbælkəˈnɛt
ballonet
ˌbæləˈnɛt
brunet
bruːˈnɛt
brunette
bruːˈnɛt
Burnett
bɜːˈnɛt
canzonet
ˌkænzəˈnɛt
caravanette
ˌkærəvəˈnɛt
carbonette
ˌkɑːbəˈnɛt
clarinet
ˌklærɪˈnɛt
dinette
daɪˈnɛt
jeanette
dʒæˈnɛt
kitchenette
ˌkɪtʃɪˈnɛt
luncheonette
ˌlʌntʃəˈnɛt
maisonette
ˌmeɪzəˈnɛt
mignonette
ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt
overnet
ˌəʊvəˈnɛt
pianette
ˌpɪəˈnɛt
sermonet
ˌsɜːməˈnɛt
wagonette
ˌwæɡəˈnɛt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MARIONETTE

mariner´s compass
marinera
Marinetti
mariniere
Mariolater
Mariolatrous
Mariolatry
Mariologist
Mariology
marionberry
mariposa
mariposa lily
mariposa tulip
marish
Marist
maritage
Maritain
marital
marital relations
marital status

WORDS THAT END LIKE MARIONETTE

Antoinette
chansonette
cunette
etiquette
genette
kitchen-dinette
lorgnette
maisonnette
Marie Antoinette
midinette
minette
reinette
satinette
serinette
sermonette
stockinette
toilinette
tonette
vignette
waggonette
Wynette

Synonyms and antonyms of marionette in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «marionette» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MARIONETTE

Find out the translation of marionette to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of marionette from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «marionette» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

提线木偶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

marioneta
570 millions of speakers

English

marionette
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कठपुतली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

марионетка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

marionete
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুতলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marionnette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Marionette
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Marionette
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マリオネット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꼭두각시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Marionette
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hình múa rối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொம்மலாட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अलमारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kukla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

marionetta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

marionetka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

маріонетка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

marionetă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαριονέτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

marionet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

marionette
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

marionette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of marionette

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MARIONETTE»

The term «marionette» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.667 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MARIONETTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «marionette» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «marionette» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about marionette

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2 QUOTES WITH «MARIONETTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word marionette.
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Bob Balaban
I was very much in my room with my marionette stage, you know, creating these incredibly boring things that I felt were so fascinating, and forcing my relatives to come, and charging money for them to see my little productions.
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Leif Garrett
They had me doing Beach Boys remakes and all that. I was basically a marionette.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARIONETTE»

Discover the use of marionette in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to marionette and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Making and manipulating marionettes
Making and Manipulating Marionettes is a superb guide to a craft and performance art that has fascinated audiences for over 2,000 years.
David Currell, 2005
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Reviving the Broken Marionette: Treatments for CFS/ME and ...
Over 250 medications that can be used to treat CFS/ME, fibromyalgia and related conditions.
Maija Haavisto, 2008
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Make a Marionette
Learn how to make a marionette from a sock and a glove.
Lynne Anderson, 2011
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The Victorian Marionette Theatre
McCormick has drawn upon advertisements in the Era, an entertainment paper, between the 1860s and World War I, and articles in the World’s Fair, a paper for showpeople, in the first fifty years of the twentieth century, as well as ...
John Mccormick, 2004
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Marionette Theater of the Symbolist Era
The editor arranges his scholarly work in a topical and sequential order addressing the European antecedents of the puppet symbol, marionette images in Russian symbolist literature and theater, some actual cases of puppet theaters, and the ...
Keith Tribble, 2002
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Everybody's Marionette Book
All the secrets of the trade are laid in in simple language and instructions, along with clear and detailed diagrams. This is an exhaustive manual for anyone interested in puppetry.
‎2008
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Marionette theatre in Quanzhou
"From the 1990s to 2003 the author followed four marionette theatre companies in the Quanzhou area.
Robin Ruizendaal, 2006
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Death of a Marionette
Morley, a U.S. agent sent to Brussels to interview an aged marionetteer, has forty-eight hours to find the man who attempted to murder him, or the killing will begin for real. Reprint.
Frank M. Robinson, Paul Hull, 2000
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The Historical Development of Marionette Theatre in Japan...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
B Kure, 2012
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Getting Started with Backbone Marionette
Chapter3. Marionette. ViewTypes. and. Their. Use. In the previous chapter, we learned about components that help us provide a structure to our application; however, none of these components interacted with the DOM.
Raymundo Armendariz, Arturo Soto, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MARIONETTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term marionette is used in the context of the following news items.
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Director of film on Rabin's assassin: A legend, but not in Israel …
It's a beautiful ten-minute black and white film, during which the camera constantly dwells on a group of spectators at a marionette show, ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
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How Hamburg turned an old warehouse district into an artists …
A marionette on display at the nonprofit's warehouse space. (Marielle Segarra/WHYY). Snake.jpg. The organization displays many of the props ... «Newsworks.org, Jul 15»
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Pint-Sized Superheroes at VE Library Fun Fair - Ithaca Times : News
On July 18 there's a marionette show at 2 p.m. and on July 22 singer Judy Stock will visit at 3:30 p.m. Then, on July 29 magician Mike Stanley ... «ithaca.com, Jul 15»
4
Stafford sisters advance to national competitions in Irish step dancing
... Brigid slipped during a move in which she crossed her feet at such sharp angles, it looked like they were controlled by marionette strings. «Fredericksburg.com, Jul 15»
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The theatre season: the alternative categories
Burkett's marionette theatre has always had a probing, questing spirit about its own artfulness. Who's pulling the strings isn't just an existential ... «Edmonton Journal, Jul 15»
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Ashes 2015: Steve Smith ascends to royalty with Lord's double ton
He still has the jerkiness of a marionette, but one in control of its own strings. So convoluted remain his preliminaries, with the bat wave and ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
7
Events around Athens on Saturday
... puppets and works on paper by artist Ralph Chesse, then create their own scarf marionette puppets. The program will include a performance ... «Online Athens, Jul 15»
8
'Pinocchio' more than a puppet show
... more to Pinocchio than meets the eye. The Storybook Musical Theatre's production of Carlo Collodi's tale of the mischievous marionette ends ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
9
Miniature Marvel: Meet 'Ant-Man's' Fellow Size-Changing Superheroes
Inside the sub-atomic universe, there are a number of characters who stand on the side of right, including Commander Rann, Marionette and ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
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Entertainment for the masses
Pictured are the marionette cast of the Bremen Town Musicians, the production the Maritime Marionettes will be performing at Glasgow Square ... «Truro Daily News, Jul 15»

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