Lulu
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lulu"
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluːluː/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -uːlu
Etymology 1
diminutive of Lucy, Lucille, Louise, Louisa, .... From given names with the first syllable of "lu", "lou", thence reduplicated.
Alternative forms
Proper noun
- A female given name
- 1860, Minnie S. Davis, “The Rival School-Mates”, in The Ladies' Repository, volumes 28-29, A. Tompkins, page 500:
- "Do excuse me, and forgive my inquisitiveness. I was struck with the name Lulu." "You think it a baby name," she said, laughing. "O, no; it is wonderfully sweet to me! and may I sometimes call you so?"
- 1920, Zona Gale, Miss Lulu Bett:
- There emerged from the fringe of things, where she perpetually hovered, Mrs. Deacon's older sister, Lulu Bett, who was "making her home with us." And that was precisely the case. They were not making her a home, goodness knows. Lulu was the family beast of burden.
- A diminutive of the female given names Louisa, Louise, Lucy, or Lucille
Usage notes
- Fairly popular as a formal given name in the latter half of the 19th century.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Chinese 璐璐, 露露, 璐露, 露璐, etc.; in turn from 璐, 露, etc. From the Chinese practice of reduplicating a syllable or character to create a female name.
- From Mandarin Lù Lù, Lù-Lù, Lù-lù, Lùlù / Lu4lu4 / ㄌㄨˋㄌㄨˋ; in turn from Lù/lù, ㄌㄨˋ, Lu4/lu4. From Middle Chinese luH/LuH
- From Cantonese Lou6lou6; in turn from Lou6/lou6. From Middle Chinese luH/LuH
- From Taishanese Lu5lu5; in turn from Lu5/lu5. From Middle Chinese luH/LuH
Alternative forms
Proper noun
- A female given name from Chinese (Should we delete(+) this sense?)
See also
Etymology 3
From Arabic لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ, literally “pearl”).
Proper noun
Lulu (plural Lulus)
- A unisex given name from Arabic
- A female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Pearl
See also
Chinese
Etymology
From English Lulu, name of a character appearing in a TVB drama 《兄兄我我》 (1992).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lu1 lu4
- Yale: lū lùh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lu1 lu4
- Guangdong Romanization: lu1 lu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /luː⁵⁵ luː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
Lulu
- (Cantonese, slang, dated) idiot
- 1998 September 5, Samuel ICQ-5059101, “SWAT2”, in hk.rec.videogame (Usenet):
- 2000 June 8, Kit傑, “Re : 屎坑 <--改改”, in hk.rec.horse-racing (Usenet):
- 梗係買佢揀剩o個o的喇..
唔好當我 lulu 啊..._- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2001 March 30, Tam, “大陸有線解碼邊隻收得最好?”, in hk.comp.pc (Usenet):
- 上深圳買解碼器十部有九部壞,想唔叫妳做lulu都唔得
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 傻子 (“fool; idiot”)
Coordinate terms
German
Etymology 1
From a diminutive of Luise and other female names beginning with Lu-.
Proper noun
Lulu
- a female given name of rare usage
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
Lulu n (strong, genitive Lulu, no plural)
Declension
Declension of Lulu
Etymology 3
By extension from Etymology 2.
Noun
Lulu n (strong, genitive Lulus, plural Lulus)
- (Austria, derogatory) wimp, wuss
- Synonyms: Schlappschwanz, Memme, Weichei
- Bist ein Mann oder ein Lulu? ― Are you a man or a wuss?