English Online Dictionary. What means lolita? What does lolita mean?
English
Etymology
From the title character, Dolores “Lolita” Haze, of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləʊlˈli.tə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /loʊlˈli.tə/, /ləlˈli.tə/
Noun
lolita (plural lolitas)
- A young girl who is sexually alluring.
- Synonyms: jailbait, nymph, nymphet, nymphette
- (fashion) A follower of Lolita fashion.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- lass
- lassie
- paedophilia, pedophilia
- paedophile, pedophile
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English lolita. From the title character, Dolores “Lolita” Haze, of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita.
Noun
lolita c (singular definite lolitaen, plural indefinite lolitaer)
- lolita
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “lolita” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English lolita, from the title character, Dolores “Lolita” Haze, of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌloːˈli.taː/
- Hyphenation: lo‧li‧ta
- Rhymes: -itaː
Noun
lolita f (plural lolita's)
- lolita, nymphet
Derived terms
- loli
Finnish
Etymology
From Russian Лоли́та (Lolíta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlolitɑ/, [ˈlo̞lit̪ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -olitɑ
- Hyphenation(key): lo‧li‧ta
Noun
lolita
- lolita, nymph, nymphette (sexually attractive young girl)
- Synonym: nymfetti
Declension
Further reading
- “lolita”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
- atolli, ilolta, talloi
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loˈli.ta/
- Rhymes: -ita
- Hyphenation: lo‧lì‧ta
Noun
lolita f (plural lolite)
- a sexually provocative young girl; a Lolita
Anagrams
- atolli, tallio
Lindu
Noun
lolita
- spoken sentence
- language
- comment
Spanish
Etymology
From the title character, Dolores “Lolita” Haze, of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita; in turn from Spanish Lolita, diminutive of Lola, from the given name Dolores.
Noun
lolita f (plural lolitas)
- lolita
Further reading
- “lolita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28