shadow puppet
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The meaning (definition) of the word shadow puppet
a flat figure held in front of a light to make a shadow show
The word shadow puppet used in a sentence
“We made a shadow puppet rabbit by moving our hands in front of the light.”
The plural of the word shadow puppet
shadow puppets
How the word shadow puppet is said around the world
| French | marionnettes d'ombres (mahryawnet dawnbr) |
| Spanish | Títere de sombras (teetayray thay sohmbrahs) |
| Mandarin | 皮影戏 (pí yǐng xì) |
| Hindi | छाया कठपुतली (kyahyah kutpuutlee) |
| Arabic | دمية الظل (doomyah ahththeell) |
| Russian | теневая кукла (tenevaia kukla) |
| Portuguese (EU) | teatro de sombras (teeahtruu di sohmbruhsh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | teatro de sombras (tayahtruu jew sohmbras) |
| Japanese | 影絵 (kagee) |
| German | Schattenspiel (shahtuhnshpeel) |
| Urdu | سائے کٹھ پتلی (sahay kut putlee) |
| Punjabi | ਸ਼ੈਡੋ ਕਠਪੁਤਲੀ (shedoh kutuhpuutuhlee) |
| Korean | 그림자 인형극 (geurimja inhyeonggeug) |
| Hebrew | בובת צל |
| Greek | μαριονέτα σκιών (marioneta skion) |
| Dutch | schaduwpoppenspel (skhahdewuupawpuhnspel) |
| Tagalog | puppet na anino (poopuht nah ahneenoh) |
| Vietnamese | múa rối bóng (moouhur zohury bawurng) |
| Turkish | gölge kuklası (gyerlge kuuklahsu) |
| Persian | عروسک سایه (ahroosahk sahyay) |
| Polish | kukiełka cieniowa (kookyewkah chenyawvah) |
| Ukrainian | тіньова лялька (tinova lyalka) |
| Bengali | ছায়া পুতুল (chah pootool) |
| Swedish | skuggdocka (skugdawkah) |
| Italian | burattino delle ombre (buurahteenoh dayllay ohmbray) |
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