lollipop

English

WOTD – 1 August 2008

A child licking a lollipop.

Alternative forms

• lolli-pop
• lollypop
• lolly pop
• lolly-pop

Etymology

Multiple theories abound. One is that it is borrowed from Angloromani lollipobbul (“candy apple”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɒl.i.pɒp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /lɑ.li.pɑp/

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• Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

lollipop (plural lollipops)

1. An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy/sweet attached to a stick.

Synonyms

• lolly, sucker (US)

Derived terms

• lollipop lady
• lollipop man
• lolly

Translations

confectionery on a stick

• Armenian: շաքարաքլոր (hy) (šakʿarakʿlor), սառնաշաքար (hy) (saṙnašakʿar)
• Bulgarian: близалка f (blizálka)
• Catalan: piruleta f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 波板糖 (bo¹baan²tong⁴^-²)

  Mandarin: 棒棒糖 (zh) (bàngbàngtáng)

• Czech: lízátko n
• Danish: slikkepind c, slikpind c
• Dutch: lolly (nl) m, lekstok (nl) m (only the kind with a stick)
• Esperanto: lekbombono
• Estonian: pulgakomm
• Finnish: tikkari (fi), tikkukaramelli (fi)
• French: sucette (fr) f (Europe), suçon (fr) m (Canada)
• Georgian: ყინულკარამელი (q̇inulḳarameli)
• German: Dauerlutscher (de) m, Lolli (de) m, Lollipop m, Lutscher (de) m
• Greek: γλειφιτζούρι (el) n (gleifitzoúri)
• Hungarian: nyalóka (hu)
• Icelandic: sleikipinni m, sleikjó m, sleikibrjóstsykur m, sleikjubrjóstsykur m
• Irish: líreacán m
• Italian: lecca-lecca (it) m
• Japanese: 飴ん棒 (あめんぼう, amenbō), ペロペロキャンディ (peroperokyandi)

• Korean: 막대사탕 (ko) (makdaesatang)
• Latvian: ledenes m
• Luxembourgish: Lutsch f
• Macedonian: лижавче n (lížavče)
• Marathi: लॉलीपॉप m (lǒlīpǒpa)
• Norman: chucre d'orge m
• Persian: آبنبات‌چوبی‎‎ (âbnabât-čubi)
• Polish: lizak (pl) m
• Portuguese: pirulito (pt) m
• Romanian: acadea (ro) f
• Russian: ледене́ц (ru) m (ledenéc), ледене́ц на па́лочке m (ledenéc na páločke)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лизалица f, лизаљка f

  Roman: lizalica (sh) f, lizaljka f

• Spanish: piruleta f, chupachús m (Spain), chupeta f (Colombia, Venezuela), chupete (es) m (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru), chupetín (es) m (Argentina, Uruguay), colombina (es) f (Colombia), cóyac m (Chile, colloquial), paleta de caramelo f (Mexico, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico), pirulí (es) m (Spain)
• Swedish: klubba (sv) c, slickepinne (sv) c
• Tagalog: lolipap
• Thai: อมยิ้ม (om-yím)
• Turkish: lolipop
• Welsh: lolipop m
• Yiddish: לעקערל‎‎ n (lekerl)