puppetry
/ˈpʌp.ɪ.tɹi/
puppetry noun: the art of making, and performing with puppets.
Noun
puppetry (countable and uncountable, plural puppetries)
- The art of making, and performing with puppets
- The action of a puppet, or a stilted or puppet-like dramatic performance
- finery; affectation
puppetry meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Indonesian
puppetry in Tamil
- பொம்மலாட்டம், பொம்மையாட்டம், பொம்மைகளை அவற்றின் கைகள், கால்கள், வேண்டுமாறு அசைத்தும்
puppetry in Malayalam
- art of making and performing with puppets
- പാവകളി pāvakaḷi
puppetry in Kannada
- ಬೊಂಬೆಯಾಟ, ತೊಗಲುಬೊಂಬೆ, ತೊಗಲುಗೊಂಬೆ
puppetry in Indonesian
- art of making and performing with puppets
- pedalangan, seni wayang
Forms of puppetry
| plural | puppetries |
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Origin of puppetry
From puppet + -ry.
Words formed from puppetry
Phrases with puppetry
Questions about puppetry
- What does puppetry mean?
- Puppetry means the art of making, and performing with puppets.
- What is puppetry in Tamil?
- Puppetry in Tamil is பொம்மலாட்டம், பொம்மையாட்டம், பொம்மைகளை அவற்றின் கைகள். See Puppetry meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is puppetry?
- Puppetry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce puppetry?
- Puppetry is pronounced /ˈpʌp.ɪ.tɹi/.
- What is the plural of puppetry?
- The plural of puppetry is puppetries.
Words near puppetry in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: puppetry (page history and authors); puppetry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); puppetry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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