puppeteer

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpʌpɪˈtɪə/
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• General-American: /ˌpʌpəˈtɪ(ə)ɹ/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: P AH0 P AH0 T IY1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English puppet Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English puppeteer From puppet + -eer.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: poppemeester — person who uses a puppet
• Azerbaijani: kuklaçı — person who uses a puppet
• Belarusian: ля́лечнік (ljálječnik) — person who uses a puppet
• Bulgarian: куклово́д (kuklovód) — person who uses a puppet
• Catalan: titellaire — person who uses a puppet
• Czech: loutkoherec — person who uses a puppet
• Czech: loutkář — person who uses a puppet
• Danish: dukkespiller — person who uses a puppet
• Danish: dukkefører — person who uses a puppet
• Dutch: poppenspeler — person who uses a puppet
• Esperanto: marionetisto — person who uses a puppet
• Esperanto: marionetistino — person who uses a puppet
• Faroese: dukkuførari — person who uses a puppet
• French: marionnettiste — person who uses a puppet
• German: Puppenspieler — person who uses a puppet
• German: Puppenspielerin — person who uses a puppet
• Greek: μαριονετίστας (marionetístas) — person who uses a puppet
• Greek: κουκλοπαίχτης (kouklopaíchtis) — person who uses a puppet
• Hungarian: bábjátékos — person who uses a puppet
• Indonesian: dalang — person who uses a puppet
• Irish: puipéadóir — person who uses a puppet
• Italian: burattinaio — person who uses a puppet
• Italian: burattinaia — person who uses a puppet
• Italian: marionettista — person who uses a puppet
• Italian: puparo — person who uses a puppet
• Kyrgyz: куурчакчы (kuurcakcı) — person who uses a puppet
• Macedonian: куклар (kuklar) — person who uses a puppet
• Malay: dalang — person who uses a puppet
• Māori: ringa karetao — person who uses a puppet
• Polish: lalkarz — person who uses a puppet
• Polish: lalkarka — person who uses a puppet
• Polish: animator — person who uses a puppet
• Polish: animatorka — person who uses a puppet
• Portuguese: marionetista — person who uses a puppet
• Portuguese: fantocheiro — person who uses a puppet
• Romanian: păpușar — person who uses a puppet
• Romanian: marionetist — person who uses a puppet
• Romanian: marionetistă — person who uses a puppet
• Russian: куклово́д (kuklovód) — person who uses a puppet
• Russian: ку́кольник (kúkolʹnik) — person who uses a puppet
• Serbo-Croatian: лу̏тка̄р — person who uses a puppet
• Serbo-Croatian: lȕtkār — person who uses a puppet
• Slovak: bábkar — person who uses a puppet
• Slovak: bábkoherec — person who uses a puppet
• Slovene: lutkar — person who uses a puppet
• Slovene: lutkarica — person who uses a puppet
• Spanish: titiritero — person who uses a puppet
• Spanish: muñequero — person who uses a puppet
• Spanish: marionetista — person who uses a puppet
• Spanish: titerista — person who uses a puppet
• Spanish: titerero — person who uses a puppet
• Swedish: dockspelare — person who uses a puppet
• Swedish: marionettspelare — person who uses a puppet
• Turkish: kuklacı — person who uses a puppet
• Ottoman Turkish: قوقلهجی (kuklacı) — person who uses a puppet
• Ukrainian: лялька́р (ljalʹkár) — person who uses a puppet
• Welsh: pypedwr — person who uses a puppet
• Welsh: pypedwraig — person who uses a puppet
• Afrikaans: poppemeester — someone who is manipulative
• Bulgarian: куклово́д (kuklovód) — someone who is manipulative
• Chinese Mandarin: 控制狂 — someone who is manipulative
• French: manipulateur — someone who is manipulative
• Italian: manipolatore — someone who is manipulative
• Italian: burattinaio — someone who is manipulative
• Macedonian: манипулатор (manipulator) — someone who is manipulative
• Romanian: manipulant — someone who is manipulative
• Romanian: manipulator — someone who is manipulative
• Spanish: titiritear — to control (a puppet)
• Bulgarian: дирижи́рам (dirižíram) — to control (an event, person, or organization) from behind the scenes
• Bulgarian: режиси́рам (režisíram) — to control (an event, person, or organization) from behind the scenes
• Spanish: titiritear — to control (an event, person, or organization) from behind the scenes