marotte
Meanings
Noun
1. bauble (grotesque sceptre carried by a jester)
2. a puppet attached to a wooden stick (by extension)
3. a wooden head used to model headgear (by extension)
4. an obsession (informal, figuratively)
Examples3
Elle parle de musique sans arrêt, c’est sa marotte.
She talks about music all the time; it's her obsession.
Il a une marotte.
He's got a bee in his bonnet.
La géographie, c'est sa marotte.
Geography is her hobby horse.