Lolita

See also: lolita

English

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləʊlˈli.tə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /loʊlˈli.ɾə/, /ləlˈli.ɾə/
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Proper noun

Lolita

  1. A female given name from Spanish.
    • 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 1, in Lolita:
      She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Lolita (plural Lolitas)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of lolita, a girl pursued sexually by an adult man, a nymphet.

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1928. From Spanish Lolita. Character in the play Lolitas brīnumputns (1926) by Anna Brigadere.

Proper noun

Lolita f

  1. Lolita: a female given name

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Lolita was the only given name of 1849 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Lolita f

  1. Lolita: a female given name

Spanish

Etymology

Lola + -ita

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loˈlita/ [loˈli.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: Lo‧li‧ta

Proper noun

Lolita f

  1. Lolita: a diminutive of the female given name Dolores

Descendants

  • English: Lolita
    • English: lolita
      • Japanese: ロリタ
  • Latvian: Lolita
  • Lithuanian: Lolita
  • Arabic: لُولِيتَا (lūlītā)
  • Japanese: ロリタ
  • Korean: 로리타 (rorita)
  • Russian: Лоли́та (Lolíta)
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