name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Spanish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Lolita
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ləʊlˈli.tə/
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General-American: /loʊlˈli.ɾə/
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General-American: /ləlˈli.ɾə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ləʊˈli.tə/
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General-American: /loʊˈli.tə/
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General-American: /ləˈli.tə/
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CMU ARPABET: L OW0 L IY1 T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Alternative form of Lalita.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
Meaning 3
A female given name from Assamese, Bengali, Odia and Santali.
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative letter-case form of lolita, a girl pursued sexually by an adult man, a nymphet.
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Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 5
A young girl who is sexually alluring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: jailbait, nymph, nymphet, nymphette
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noun
Meaning 6
A follower of Lolita fashion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fashion, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 7
a sexually precocious young girl
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: lass, lassie, young girl, jeune fille
History
Etymology
The name is from Spanish Lolita, diminutive of Lola, from the given name Dolores. The noun derives from the name: see the etymology at lolita for details.
Transliteration of Assamese and Bengali ললিতা (lolita), Odia ଲଳିତା (laḷitā).
From the title character, Dolores “Lolita” Haze, of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: لُولِيتَا (lūlītā) — female given name
- Chinese Mandarin: 洛麗塔 /洛丽塔 (Luòlìtǎ) — female given name
- Hindi: लोलिता (lolitā) — female given name
- Japanese: ロリタ (Rorita) — female given name
- Korean: 로리타 (Rorita) — female given name
- Russian: Лоли́та (Lolíta) — female given name
- Chinese Mandarin: 蘿莉 /萝莉 (luólì) — sexually alluring girl
- Czech: lolita — sexually alluring girl
- Danish: lolita — sexually alluring girl
- Finnish: lolita — sexually alluring girl
- German: Frühreifes Mädchen — sexually alluring girl
- Greek: λολίτα (lolíta) — sexually alluring girl
- Greek: νυμφίδιο (nymfídio) — sexually alluring girl
- Japanese: ロリ (rori) — sexually alluring girl
- Korean: 로리 (rori) — sexually alluring girl
- Portuguese: lolita — sexually alluring girl
- Russian: Лоли́та (Lolíta) — sexually alluring girl
- Russian: лоли́та (lolíta) — sexually alluring girl
- Spanish: lolita — sexually alluring girl
- Thai: โลลิตะ — sexually alluring girl
- Thai: โลลิ (loo-lí) — sexually alluring girl