lychee

English

Lychees

Alternative forms

• lichee, lichi

Etymology

From Cantonese 荔枝 (lai⁶ zi¹). Doublet of litchi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃiː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈlitʃiː/

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

• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} litchi
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• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} செஞ்சதைப்பழம் (ceñcataippaḻam)

References

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

Anagrams

• leechy