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Lulu

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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diminutive of Lucy, Lucille, Louise, Louisa, .... From given names with the first syllable of "lu", "lou", thence reduplicated.

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Proper noun

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Lulu (plural Lulus or Lulues)

  1. 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.
    1. A diminutive of the female given names Louisa, Louise, Lucy, or Lucille
Usage notes
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  • Fairly popular as a formal given name in the latter half of the 19th century.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Chinese 璐璐, 露露, 璐露, 露璐, etc.; in turn from , , etc. From the Chinese practice of reduplicating a syllable or character to create a female name.

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Proper noun

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Lulu (plural Lulus or Lulues)

  1. A female given name from Chinese (Should we delete(+) this sense?)

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Etymology 3

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From Arabic لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ, literally pearl).

Proper noun

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Lulu (plural Lulus)

  1. A unisex given name from Arabic
    1. A female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Pearl

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Chinese

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Etymology

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From English Lulu, name of a character appearing in a TVB drama 《兄兄我我》 (1992).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Lulu

  1. (Cantonese, slang, dated) idiot
    Lulu [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
    Lulu [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 mai5 dong3 ngo5 lu1 lu4 wo3! [Jyutping]
    Don't treat me as an idiot!

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German

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Etymology 1

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From a diminutive of Luise and other female names beginning with Lu-.

Proper noun

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Lulu

  1. a female given name of rare usage

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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Lulu n (strong, genitive Lulu, no plural)

  1. (Austria, childish) urine (Austrian child language)
    Synonyms: Pipi, Urin
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Etymology 3

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By extension from Etymology 2.

Noun

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Lulu n (strong, genitive Lulus, plural Lulus)

  1. (Austria, derogatory) wimp, wuss
    Synonyms: Schlappschwanz, Memme, Weichei
    Bist ein Mann oder ein Lulu?Are you a man or a wuss?
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