păpușă

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păpușă

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From a diminutive derivative of Latin pūpa (“doll, puppet; girl”) (cf. the Romanian suffix -ușă). Compare Aromanian pupushi.

noun păpuși · păpușă · păpușa · păpușile

feminine doll
feminine puppet
Similar: marionetă
feminine pupa or nymph/larva in certain insects
Similar: pupă, larvă, nimfă

In English

puppet movable model of a person or animal
doll a toy in the form of a human

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MLA

"păpușă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/p%C4%83pu%C8%99%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

păpușă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/p%C4%83pu%C8%99%C4%83

Chicago

"păpușă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/p%C4%83pu%C8%99%C4%83.

BibTeX

@misc{pa_pus_a_2026,
  title = {păpușă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/p%C4%83pu%C8%99%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}