English
Lychees
Etymology
From Cantonese 荔枝 ( lai6 zi1 ) . Doublet of litchi
Pronunciation
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Noun
lychee (plural lychees )
The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis , of the soapberry family.
That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril .
Translations
tree
Assamese: লিচু গছ ( lisu gos ) , লেচু গছ ( lesu gos )
Catalan: litxi m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 荔枝 ( lai6 zi1 )
Mandarin: 荔枝 (zh) ( lìzhī )
Danish: litchi (da) c
Dutch: lycheeboom m , litsjiboom
Estonian: litši (et)
Finnish: litsi (fi)
French: letchi (fr) , litchi (fr) , li-tchi m
German: Litschibaum m
Hindi: लीची (hi) f ( līcī )
Hungarian: licsifa
Ido: lichiiero (io)
Indonesian: leci (id)
Italian: litchi m
Japanese: 茘枝 (ja) ( れいし, reishi ) , レイシ ( reishi ) , ライチ ( raichi )
Khmer: គូលែន (km) ( kuulɛɛn )
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Korean: 리치 (ko) ( richi ) , 라이치 ( raichi ) , 여지 (ko) ( yeoji ) , 려지 ( ryeoji ) ( North Korea )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: личи n ( liči )
Malay: laici
Norwegian: litchi
Polish: liczi n
Portuguese: lichia f
Romanian: litchi m
Russian: ли́чи (ru) m or n ( líči ) , ли́джи m or n ( lídži ) , ла́йси m or n ( lájsi ) , ли́си m or n ( lísi )
Spanish: lichi (es) m
Swahili: mshokishoki , mgulabi
Swedish: litchi (sv) c
Thai: ลิ้นจี่ (th) ( lín-jìi )
Uyghur: لىجى ( liji )
Vietnamese: (cây ) vải
Volapük: licid
Zhuang: laehcei
fruit
Amis: kowawi ; kuwawi ( Nataoran Amis )
Armenian: լիչի ( ličʻi )
Assamese: লিচু ( lisu ) , লেচু ( lesu )
Bouyei: maslizxil , lizxil , masdianhjungl
Burmese: နှင်းသီး (my) ( hnang:si: ) , လိုက်ချီး (my) ( luikhkyi: )
Catalan: litxi m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 荔枝 ( lai6 zi1 )
Mandarin: 荔枝 (zh) ( lìzhī )
Min Nan: 荔枝 (zh-min-nan) ( nāi-chi, lāi-chi )
Czech: liči (cs) n
Danish: litchi (da) c , kærlighedsfrugt c
Dutch: lychee (nl) m , litsji m
Estonian: litši (et)
Finnish: litsi (fi)
French: litchi (fr) m , letchi (fr) m
German: Litschi (de) f
Hebrew: ליצ׳י ( lichi )
Hindi: लीची (hi) ( līcī )
Hungarian: licsi (hu) , licsiszilva
Ido: lichio (io)
Indonesian: leci (id)
Irish: lítsí m
Italian: litchi m
Japanese: 茘枝 (ja) ( れいし, reishi ) , レイシ ( reishi ) , ライチ ( raichi )
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Kanakanabu: ringking tatia
Khmer: គូលែន (km) ( kuulɛɛn )
Korean: 리치 (ko) ( richi ) , 라이치 ( raichi ) , 여지 (ko) ( yeoji ) , 려지 ( ryeoji ) ( North Korea )
Lao: ໝາກລິ້ນຈີ່ (lo) ( māk lin chī )
Macedonian: личи n ( liči )
Malay: laici
Manchu: ᠮᠠᠰᡝ ᠮᡠᠶᠠᡵᡳ ( mase muyari )
Mongolian: нефелеум ( nefeleum )
Norwegian: litchi
Polish: liczi n
Portuguese: lichia f
Romanian: litchi m
Russian: ли́чи (ru) m or n ( líči ) , ли́джи m or n ( lídži ) , ла́йси m or n ( lájsi ) , ли́си m or n ( lísi )
Spanish: lichi (es) m
Swahili: shokishoki , gulabi
Swedish: litchi (sv) c
Tagalog: alpay , litsiyas
Tamil: விழுதி (ta) ( viḻuti ) , விளச்சி ( viḷacci )
Thai: ลิ้นจี่ (th) ( lín-jìi )
Tibetan: འབྲུག་ཚགས། ( 'brug tshags )
Uyghur: لىجى ( liji )
Vietnamese: vải (vi) , lệ chi
Volapük: licidafluk
Zhuang: laehcei
Translations to be checked
References
The OED lists this as a variant of litchi .
Webster’s Third New International lists this as a variant of litchi .
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