marotte
See also: Marotte
French
FWOTD – 5 September 2016
Etymology
Diminutive of Marie, 15th c.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ʁɔt/
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Noun
marotte f (plural marottes)
- a grotesque sceptre carried by a jester
- 1842, Aloysius Bertrand, “Octobre”, in Gaspard de la nuit, livre VI — Silves, page 176:
- Voici venir la Saint-Martin et ses brandons, Noël et ses bougies, le jour de l’an et ses joujoux, les Rois et leur fête, le Carnaval et sa marotte.
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- (by extension) a puppet attached to a wooden stick
- (by extension) a wooden head used to model headgear
- (informal, figuratively) an obsession
- Elle parle de musique sans arrêt, c’est sa marotte.
- She talks about music all the time, it's her obsession.
Synonyms
- (obsession): idée fixe
Descendants
- German: Marotte
Further reading
- “marotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.