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puppet

/ˈpʌpət/PUH-puht
/ˈpʌpət/PUH-puht

Meaninga little doll

Common meaning: a figure moved by strings

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PU‘beget, produce’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 209, p. 737 · scan
  2. Latinpūpa; pūpillus‘a girl, doll’
  3. Frenchpoupette
  4. Middle Englishpopetsource
  5. Englishpuppet‘a figure moved by strings’ · today

pupp also in: pupapupil

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pūpa; pūpillus ‘a girl, doll; a ward’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pūpa, p. 1492 · dictionary scan

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