fantoche

Borrowed from Italian fantoccio.

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃.tɔʃ/

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fantoche m (plural fantoches)

1. puppet

   gouvernement fantoche ― puppet government

   État fantoche ― puppet state

• → Catalan: fantotxe
• → Spanish: fantoche
• → Portuguese: fantoche

fantoche (plural fantoches)

1. manipulated

• fantochement

• “fantoche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French fantoche, borrowed from Italian fantoccio.

• Hyphenation: fan‧to‧che

fantoche m (plural fantoches)

1. puppet

Borrowed from French fantoche, borrowed from Italian fantoccio.

• IPA^(key): /fanˈtot͡ʃe/ [fãn̪ˈt̪o.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -otʃe
• Syllabification: fan‧to‧che

fantoche m (plural fantoches)

1. puppet

• “fantoche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024