бутафо́рия noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)
манекен noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)
мор noun (bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand)
тъпак noun (a stupid person)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

假人 noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)

Czech

4 entries

atrapa noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)
figurína noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)
hlupák noun (a stupid person)
panák noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)

Danish

4 entries

attrap noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)
dukke noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)
gine noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)
mannequin noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)

Esperanto

1 entries

stultulo noun (a stupid person)

Estonian

1 entries

mannekeen noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)

Finnish

4 entries

harhautus noun (a feigned pass or play to deceive others in sport)
lepääjä noun (bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand)
malli noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)
mallinukke noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)

French

4 entries

idiot noun (a stupid person)
idiote noun (a stupid person)
imbécile noun (a stupid person)
mannequin noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)

German

4 entries

Attrappe noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)
Dummy noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)
Puppe noun (figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist)
lebensgroße Puppe noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)

Hebrew

2 entries

גֹּלֶם noun (a stupid person)
דֶּמֶה noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)

Hungarian

2 entries

fajankó noun (a stupid person)
próbababa noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)

Indonesian

4 entries

bonekaan noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)
cetak coba noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)
kibulan noun (a feigned pass or play to deceive others in sport)
pendiam noun (a silent person)

Irish

1 entries

balbhán noun (bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand)

Italian

4 entries

fantoccio noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)
manichino noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)
morto noun (bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand)
sagoma noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)

Japanese

1 entries

ダミー noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)

Macedonian

4 entries

глупак noun (a stupid person)
глупачка noun (a stupid person)
кукла noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)
макета noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)

Malayalam

1 entries

പാവ noun (figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist)

Māori

1 entries

tohipa noun (a feigned pass or play to deceive others in sport)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

blindemann noun (bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand)
dumming noun (a stupid person)
dummy noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)
tosk noun (a stupid person)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

dumming noun (a stupid person)
tosk noun (a stupid person)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

طوی noun (a stupid person)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Dommajon noun (a stupid person)

Polish

4 entries

atrapa noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)
dziadek noun (bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand)
głupek noun (a stupid person)
kukła noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)

Portuguese

4 entries

idiota noun (a stupid person)
imbecil noun (a stupid person)
manequim noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)
simulacro noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)

Russian

4 entries

бе́столочь noun (a stupid person)
болва́н noun (a stupid person)
болва́н noun (bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand)
бутафо́рия noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

breugag noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

atrapa noun (a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder)
blentavac noun (a stupid person)
blento noun (a stupid person)
blesan noun (a stupid person)

Spanish

4 entries

estúpido noun (a stupid person)
idiota noun (a stupid person)
maniquí noun (something constructed with the size and form of a human)
muerto noun (bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand)

Swedish

1 entries

dumhuvud noun (a stupid person)

Turkish

1 entries

kukla noun (figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist)

Yiddish

1 entries

גולם noun (a stupid person)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

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The corporation set up a dummy company.

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"h" is a dummy variable.

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He made a crash test dummy of himself.

Source: tatoeba (1521105)

Tom is a dummy.

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