lolita

From the title character, Dolores “Lolita” Haze, of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləʊˈli.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /loʊˈli.tə/, /ləˈli.tə/

• Audio (US):

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lolita (plural lolitas)

1. A young girl who is sexually alluring.

   Synonyms: jailbait, nymph, nymphet, nymphette

2. (fashion) A follower of Lolita fashion.

• lass
• lassie
• paedophilia, pedophilia
• paedophile, pedophile

Borrowed from English lolita. From the title character, Dolores “Lolita” Haze, of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita.

lolita c (singular definite lolitaen, plural indefinite lolitaer)

1. lolita

• “lolita” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from English lolita, from the title character, Dolores “Lolita” Haze, of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita.

• IPA^(key): /ˌloːˈli.taː/

• Audio:

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

lolita f (plural lolita's, no diminutive)

1. lolita, nymphet

• loli

From Russian Лоли́та (Lolíta).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlolitɑ/, [ˈlo̞lit̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -olitɑ
• Syllabification^(key): lo‧li‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): lo‧li‧ta

lolita

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

   Synonym: nymfetti

• “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 3 July 2023

• atolli, ilolta, talloi

• IPA^(key): /loˈli.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: lo‧lì‧ta

lolita f (plural lolite)

1. a sexually provocative young girl; a Lolita

• atolli, tallio

lolita

1. spoken sentence
2. language
3. comment

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.

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

lolita f (plural lolitas)

1. lolita

• “lolita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025