lychee

English

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Lychees

Alternative forms

• leechee, lichee, lichi, litchi

Etymology

From Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃiː/, /ˈliːt͡ʃiː/

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
• Romanian: litchi (ro) m
• Russian: (indeclinable) личи (ru) (líči) m and n
• Spanish: lichi (es) m
• Swedish: litchi (sv) c
• Vietnamese: (cây) vải
• Volapük: licid (vo)

fruit

• Burmese: နှင်းသီး (my) (hnín-dhí), လိုက်ချီး (my) (lai'-chí)
• Cantonese: 荔枝 (lai6-ji1)
• Chinese: 荔枝 (cmn) (lìzhī)

  Min Nan: 荔枝 (nan) (nāi-chi, lāi-chi)

• Danish: litchi (da) c, kærlighedsfrugt (da) c
• Dutch: lychee m, litsji m
• Finnish: litsi (fi)
• French: litchi (fr) m, letchi (fr) m
• German: Litschi (de) f
• Hebrew: ליצ'י (lichi)
• Hindi: लीची (hi)
• Hungarian: licsi, licsiszilva
• Irish: lítsí (ga) m
• Japanese: 茘枝 (ja) (reishi), レイシ (ja) (reishi), ライチ (ja) (raichi)

• Macedonian: личи (mk) (líči) n
• Malay: laici (ms)
• Mongolian: нефелеум (mn) (njefjeljeum)
• Norwegian: litchi (no)
• Polish: liczi (pl) n
• Portuguese: lichia (pt) f
• Romanian: litchi (ro) m
• Russian: (indeclinable) личи (ru) (líči) m and n
• Spanish: lichi (es) m
• Swedish: litchi (sv) c
• Tagalog: alpay (tl)
• Vietnamese: (trái / quả) vải
• Volapük: licidafluk (vo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• 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.