Noun: marionnette
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | marionnette |
| Plural f | marionnettes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like marionnette
polémochorie,
kératotomie,
farigoule,
compréhension,
palestre,
abnégation,
hyperuricémie,
psychométrie,
minicassette,
piézo-électricité,
potabilité,
aromathérapie,
conjugalité,
conjugaison,
cohésion,
obscurité,
bacillose,
cohæsion,
aponévrotomie,
sylvie, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From a diminutive of mariole, from the name Marie (“Mary”). The word originally meant a small statue of the Virgin Mary, then also a puppet of her used in religious theatrical presentations, finally generalised to any puppet.
Verbs referencing "marionnette"
English Nouns
marionette, German Nouns
Marionette, Finnish Nouns
marionetti, Hungarian Nouns
marionett, Swedish Nouns
marionett, Dutch Nouns
marionet.
Translations