fantoche
Spanish, noun/fanˈtot͡ʃe/
fantoche is spelled F-A-N-T-O-C-H-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 70,879th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fantoche is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “puppet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Marioneta o muñeco articulado que se hace mover con el control de hilos”.
What does fantoche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepuppet
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Marioneta o muñeco articulado que se hace mover con el control de hilos. 2. Por extensión, persona grotesca. 3. Personaje de puro aparato que carece de independencia o de valor real.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fantoche
- fantoches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fantoche?
- /fanˈtot͡ʃe/
- [fãn̪ˈt̪o.t͡ʃe]
- [fãn̪ˈt̪ot͡ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fantoche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fantoche in Spanish?
fantoche appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).