lolita

See also: Lolita

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/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

lolita (plural lolitas)

1. A young girl who is sexually alluring.

   Synonyms: jailbait, nymph, nymphet, nymphette

2. (fashion) A follower of Lolita fashion.

Derived terms

• Gothic Lolita
• lolicon
• Lolitaesque
• Sweet Lolita

 

Translations

sexually alluring girl

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘿莉 / 萝莉 (zh) (luólì)

• Czech: lolita (cs) f
• Danish: lolita c
• Finnish: lolita
• German: Frühreifes Mädchen
• Greek: λολίτα (el) f (lolíta), νυμφίδιο (el) n (nymfídio)
• Japanese: ロリ (ja) (rori)
• Korean: 로리 (rori)
• Portuguese: lolita (pt) f
• Russian: Лоли́та (ru) f (Lolíta), лоли́та f (lolíta)

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)

1. lolita

Declension

Declension of lolita

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lolita	lolitaen	lolitaer	lolitaerne
genitive	lolitas	lolitaens	lolitaers	lolitaernes

Derived terms

• lolitakompleks
• lolitaludder

 

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/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: lo‧li‧ta
• Rhymes: -itaː

Noun

lolita f (plural lolita's)

1. 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

1. lolita, nymph, nymphette (sexually attractive young girl)

   Synonym: nymfetti

Declension

Inflection of lolita (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative		lolita	lolitat
genitive		lolitan	lolitoiden lolitoitten lolitojen
partitive		lolitaa	lolitoita lolitoja
illative		lolitaan	lolitoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lolita	lolitat
accusative	nom.	lolita	lolitat
	gen.	lolitan
genitive		lolitan	lolitoiden lolitoitten lolitojen lolitain rare
partitive		lolitaa	lolitoita lolitoja
inessive		lolitassa	lolitoissa
elative		lolitasta	lolitoista
illative		lolitaan	lolitoihin
adessive		lolitalla	lolitoilla
ablative		lolitalta	lolitoilta
allative		lolitalle	lolitoille
essive		lolitana	lolitoina
translative		lolitaksi	lolitoiksi
abessive		lolitatta	lolitoitta
instructive		—	lolitoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lolita (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lolitani lolitani accusative nom. lolitani lolitani gen. lolitani genitive lolitani lolitoideni lolitoitteni lolitojeni lolitaini rare partitive lolitaani lolitoitani lolitojani inessive lolitassani lolitoissani elative lolitastani lolitoistani illative lolitaani lolitoihini adessive lolitallani lolitoillani ablative lolitaltani lolitoiltani allative lolitalleni lolitoilleni essive lolitanani lolitoinani translative lolitakseni lolitoikseni abessive lolitattani lolitoittani instructive — — comitative — lolitoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lolitasi lolitasi accusative nom. lolitasi lolitasi gen. lolitasi genitive lolitasi lolitoidesi lolitoittesi lolitojesi lolitaisi rare partitive lolitaasi lolitoitasi lolitojasi inessive lolitassasi lolitoissasi elative lolitastasi lolitoistasi illative lolitaasi lolitoihisi adessive lolitallasi lolitoillasi ablative lolitaltasi lolitoiltasi allative lolitallesi lolitoillesi essive lolitanasi lolitoinasi translative lolitaksesi lolitoiksesi abessive lolitattasi lolitoittasi instructive — — comitative — lolitoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lolitamme lolitamme accusative nom. lolitamme lolitamme gen. lolitamme genitive lolitamme lolitoidemme lolitoittemme lolitojemme lolitaimme rare partitive lolitaamme lolitoitamme lolitojamme inessive lolitassamme lolitoissamme elative lolitastamme lolitoistamme illative lolitaamme lolitoihimme adessive lolitallamme lolitoillamme ablative lolitaltamme lolitoiltamme allative lolitallemme lolitoillemme essive lolitanamme lolitoinamme translative lolitaksemme lolitoiksemme abessive lolitattamme lolitoittamme instructive — — comitative — lolitoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lolitanne lolitanne accusative nom. lolitanne lolitanne gen. lolitanne genitive lolitanne lolitoidenne lolitoittenne lolitojenne lolitainne rare partitive lolitaanne lolitoitanne lolitojanne inessive lolitassanne lolitoissanne elative lolitastanne lolitoistanne illative lolitaanne lolitoihinne adessive lolitallanne lolitoillanne ablative lolitaltanne lolitoiltanne allative lolitallenne lolitoillenne essive lolitananne lolitoinanne translative lolitaksenne lolitoiksenne abessive lolitattanne lolitoittanne instructive — — comitative — lolitoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative lolitansa lolitansa accusative nom. lolitansa lolitansa gen. lolitansa genitive lolitansa lolitoidensa lolitoittensa lolitojensa lolitainsa rare partitive lolitaansa lolitoitaan lolitojaan lolitoitansa lolitojansa inessive lolitassaan lolitassansa lolitoissaan lolitoissansa elative lolitastaan lolitastansa lolitoistaan lolitoistansa illative lolitaansa lolitoihinsa adessive lolitallaan lolitallansa lolitoillaan lolitoillansa ablative lolitaltaan lolitaltansa lolitoiltaan lolitoiltansa allative lolitalleen lolitallensa lolitoilleen lolitoillensa essive lolitanaan lolitanansa lolitoinaan lolitoinansa translative lolitakseen lolitaksensa lolitoikseen lolitoiksensa abessive lolitattaan lolitattansa lolitoittaan lolitoittansa instructive — — comitative — lolitoineen lolitoinensa

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)

1. a sexually provocative young girl; a Lolita

Anagrams

• atolli, tallio

Lindu

Noun

lolita

1. spoken sentence
2. language
3. 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)

1. lolita

Further reading

• “lolita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10