lychee

Lychees

English

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Alternative forms

• leechee, lichee, lichi, litchi

Etymology

From Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈliːtʃiː/

Noun

lychee (plural lychees)

1. The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.
2. That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril.

Translations

tree

Translingual: Litchi chinensis Chinese: 荔枝 (cmn) (lìzhī) Danish: litchi (da) c. Dutch: lycheeboom m., litsjiboom Finnish: litsi (fi) French: letchi, litchi, li-tchi m. German: Litschibaum m. Hungarian: licsifa (hu)

Japanese: 茘枝 (ja) (reishi), レイシ (ja) (reishi), ライチ (ja) (raichi) Macedonian: личи (mk) (líči) n. Norwegian: litchi (no) Polish: liczi (pl) n. Portuguese: lichia (pt) f. Russian: (indeclinable) личи (ru) (líči) m. and n. Spanish: lichi (es) m. Swedish: litchi (sv) c. Vietnamese: (cây) vải

fruit

Burmese: နှင်းသီး (my) (hnín-dhí), လိုက်ချီး (my) (lai'-chí) Chinese: 荔枝 (cmn) (lìzhī) Min Nan: 荔枝 (nāi-chi, lāi-chi) Danish: litchi (da) c., kærlighedsfrugt (da) c. Dutch: lychee m., litsji m. Finnish: litsi (fi) French: letchi, litchi, li-tchi German: Litschi (de) f. Hebrew: ליצ'י (lichi) Hindi: लीची (hi)

Hungarian: licsi, licsiszilva Japanese: 茘枝 (ja) (reishi), レイシ (ja) (reishi), ライチ (ja) (raichi) Macedonian: личи (mk) (líči) n. Malay: laici (ms) Norwegian: litchi (no) Polish: liczi (pl) n. Portuguese: lichia (pt) f. Russian: (indeclinable) личи (ru) (líči) m. and n. Spanish: lichi (es) m. Swedish: litchi (sv) c. Vietnamese: (trái / quả) vải

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Korean: 여지, yeoji Spanish: litchi Tamil: செஞ்சதைப்பழம், senjadhaippazham

References

• The OED lists this as a variant of litchi.
• Webster’s Third New International lists this as a variant of litchi.