lollipop

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɒlipɒp/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈlɔlɪjpɔp/
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• US: /ˈlɑlipɑp/
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• Australian: /ˈlɔlipɔp/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈlɒlipɒp/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈlɔ̟lipɔ̟p] ~ [ˈlɞ̠lipɞ̠p]
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• Scotland: /ˈlɔlepɔp/
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• Scotland: /-lɪ-/
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• Scotland: /-li-/
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• CMU ARPABET: L AA1 L IY0 P AA2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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By surface analysis, loll (“laze, hang loose”) + y + pop (“shot, try, burst, enter”); likely through lolly (“head, tongue”). Attested from 1784. Compare lollygag and lollypoop. An unlikely derivation is from Romani loli (“red”) + phabaj (“apple”); candy apples are often red and placed on a stick to keep the person's hands dry, similar to lollipops. However candy apples were not well-known until a century after the first known use of the word lollipop, and the original lollipop was likely a small item like modern penny candy.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مصاصة (maṣṣāṣa) — confectionery on a stick
• Arabic: مَصَّاصة (maṣṣāṣa) — confectionery on a stick
• Arabic: مصاصة (maṣṣāṣa) — confectionery on a stick
• Armenian: շաքարաքլոր (šakʻarakʻlor) — confectionery on a stick
• Armenian: սառնաշաքար (saṙnašakʻar) — confectionery on a stick
• Azerbaijani: nabat — confectionery on a stick
• Azerbaijani: sorma konfet — confectionery on a stick
• Azerbaijani: sorma — confectionery on a stick
• Azerbaijani: şirinquş — confectionery on a stick
• Bengali: ললিপপ (lolipop) — confectionery on a stick
• Bulgarian: близа́лка (blizálka) — confectionery on a stick
• Catalan: piruleta — confectionery on a stick
• Catalan: pirulí — confectionery on a stick
• Chinese Cantonese: 波板糖 — confectionery on a stick
• Chinese Mandarin: 棒棒糖 (bàngbàngtáng) — confectionery on a stick
• Czech: lízátko — confectionery on a stick
• Danish: slikkepind — confectionery on a stick
• Danish: slikpind — confectionery on a stick
• Dutch: lolly — confectionery on a stick
• Dutch: lekstok — confectionery on a stick
• Esperanto: lekbombono — confectionery on a stick
• Estonian: pulgakomm — confectionery on a stick
• Faroese: slikkipinnur — confectionery on a stick
• Faroese: sleikisneis — confectionery on a stick
• Finnish: tikkari — confectionery on a stick
• Finnish: tikkukaramelli — confectionery on a stick
• French: sucette — confectionery on a stick
• French: suçon — confectionery on a stick
• Georgian: ყინულკარამელი (q̇inulḳarameli) — confectionery on a stick
• German: Dauerlutscher — confectionery on a stick
• German: Lolli — confectionery on a stick
• German: Lollipop — confectionery on a stick
• German: Lutscher — confectionery on a stick
• Greek: γλειφιτζούρι (gleifitzoúri) — confectionery on a stick
• Hindi: लॉलीपॉप (lŏlīpŏp) — confectionery on a stick
• Hungarian: nyalóka — confectionery on a stick
• Icelandic: sleikipinni — confectionery on a stick
• Icelandic: sleikjó — confectionery on a stick
• Icelandic: sleikibrjóstsykur — confectionery on a stick
• Icelandic: sleikjubrjóstsykur — confectionery on a stick
• Irish: líreacán — confectionery on a stick
• Italian: lecca-lecca — confectionery on a stick
• Japanese: 飴ん棒 (amenbō) — confectionery on a stick
• Japanese: ペロペロキャンディ (peroperokyandi) — confectionery on a stick
• Korean: 막대사탕 (makdaesatang) — confectionery on a stick
• Latvian: ledenes — confectionery on a stick
• Luxembourgish: Lutsch — confectionery on a stick
• Macedonian: лижавче (ližavče) — confectionery on a stick
• Marathi: लॉलीपॉप (lŏlīpŏp) — confectionery on a stick
• Norman: chucre d'orge — confectionery on a stick
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjærlighet på pinne — confectionery on a stick
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjærlighet — confectionery on a stick
• Norwegian Bokmål: slikkepinne — confectionery on a stick
• Norwegian Nynorsk: slikkepinne — confectionery on a stick
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjærleik på pinne — confectionery on a stick
• Occitan: shuqueta — confectionery on a stick
• Persian: آبنباتچوبی (âbnabât-čubi) — confectionery on a stick
• Polish: lizak — confectionery on a stick
• Portuguese: sambapito — confectionery on a stick
• Portuguese: pirulito — confectionery on a stick
• Portuguese: chupa-chupa — confectionery on a stick
• Romanian: acadea — confectionery on a stick
• Russian: ледене́ц (ledenéc) — confectionery on a stick
• Russian: ледене́ц на па́лочке (ledenéc na páločke) — confectionery on a stick
• Serbo-Croatian: лизалица — confectionery on a stick
• Serbo-Croatian: лизаљка — confectionery on a stick
• Serbo-Croatian: lizalica — confectionery on a stick
• Serbo-Croatian: lizaljka — confectionery on a stick
• Spanish: piruleta — confectionery on a stick
• Spanish: chupachús — confectionery on a stick
• Spanish: chupeta — confectionery on a stick
• Spanish: chupete — confectionery on a stick
• Spanish: chupetín — confectionery on a stick
• Spanish: colombina — confectionery on a stick
• Spanish: cóyac — confectionery on a stick
• Spanish: paleta de caramelo — confectionery on a stick
• Spanish: pirulí — confectionery on a stick
• Spanish: bolón — confectionery on a stick
• Spanish: popi — confectionery on a stick
• Spanish: chupachup — confectionery on a stick
• Spanish: chupachups — confectionery on a stick
• Swedish: klubba — confectionery on a stick
• Swedish: slickepinne — confectionery on a stick
• Tagalog: lolipap — confectionery on a stick
• Thai: อมยิ้ม (om-yím) — confectionery on a stick
• Turkish: lolipop — confectionery on a stick
• Ukrainian: льодяни́к (lʹodjanýk) — confectionery on a stick
• Vietnamese: kẹo que — confectionery on a stick
• Vietnamese: kẹo mút — confectionery on a stick
• Welsh: lolipop — confectionery on a stick
• Yiddish: לעקערל (lekerl) — confectionery on a stick