lollipop

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy or sweet attached to a stick.
2. Something having the shape of a lollipop: a linear stem connected to a round body.
3. A sign on a stick held in front of the vehicle during a pit stop.

Verb

To prune the lower branches of a tree or other plant so that new growth appears only at the top, where more light is received.

Conceptes

piruleta

🍭

pol

jupetí

chupa-chups

pirulí

Sinònims

sucker

lolly

candy

🍬

all-day sucker

popsicle

ice lolly

sweet

lollypop

fruit-drop

chopstick

ice cream

🍨

knitting needle

stick

sugar candy

Traduccions

sucette

🍭

Lutscher

Dauerlutscher

🍭

γλειφιτζούρι

lecca-lecca

🍭

pirulito

🍭

chupete

lolly

🍭

lolipop

🍭

pirulí

Lollipop

Lolli

🍭

piruleta

🍭

chupeta

🍭

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈlɒl.i.pɒp/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Attested from 1784 meaning some form of candy; at least two theories exist. One is that it is from Romani loli (“red”) + phabaj (“apple”); candy apples are often red, and are always placed on a stick to keep the person's hands dry. However candy apples were not well-known until a century after the first known use of the word lollipop.
Therefore, it may be a native word derived from loll (“to dangle the tongue”) + pop, the latter an expressive word of highly variable meanings, as it still is today.
Neither of these stories fit well if the original lollipop was a small item like modern penny candy, however, so the possibility remains that the word was simply an expressive coinage in the manner of similar words not known to be related, such as loblolly and poplolly.