fantoche

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian fantoccio. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɑ̃.tɔʃ/ === Noun === fantoche m (plural fantoches) puppet gouvernement fantoche ― puppet government État fantoche ― puppet state ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: fantotxe → Spanish: fantoche → Portuguese: fantoche === Adjective === fantoche (plural fantoches) manipulated ==== Derived terms ==== fantochement === Further reading === “fantoche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French fantoche, borrowed from Italian fantoccio. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔʃi, (Portugal) -ɔʃɨ Hyphenation: fan‧to‧che === Noun === fantoche m (plural fantoches) puppet (movable model of a person or animal) (strictly) glove puppet; hand puppet Coordinate term: (string puppet) marionete (figurative) puppet (person or organisation controlled by another) Synonym: marionete === Further reading === “fantoche”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fantoche”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “fantoche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “fantoche”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French fantoche, borrowed from Italian fantoccio. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fanˈtot͡ʃe/ [fãn̪ˈt̪o.t͡ʃe] Rhymes: -otʃe Syllabification: fan‧to‧che === Noun === fantoche m (plural fantoches) puppet === Further reading === “fantoche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025