lychee

English

Lychees

Alternative forms

• lichee, lichi

Etymology

From Cantonese 荔枝 (lai⁶ zi¹). Doublet of litchi.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃi/, /laɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlit͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -iːtʃi, -aɪtʃi

Noun

lychee (countable and uncountable, plural lychees)

1. The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.
3. That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril.
4. (uncountable) A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red).

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Translations

tree

• Assamese: লিচু গছ (lisu gos), লেচু গছ (lesu gos)
• Bengali: লিচু গাছ (licu gach)
• Burmese: နှင်းသီး (my) (hnang:si:), လိုက်ချီး (my) (luikhkyi:)
• 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 (hu)
• Ido: lichiiero (io)
• Indonesian: leci (id)
• Italian: litchi m
• Japanese: 茘枝 (ja) (れいし, reishi), レイシ (ja) (reishi), ライチ (ja) (raichi)
• Khmer: គូលែន (km) (kuulɛɛn), លិនជី (km) (lɨncii)
• 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
• Punjabi: ਲੀਚੀ f (līcī)
• Romanian: litchi m
• Russian: ли́чи (ru) m or n (líči), ли́джи m or n (lídži), ла́йси (ru) 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)
• Bengali: লিচু (bn) (licu)
• Bouyei: maslizxil, lizxil, masdianhjungl
• Bulgarian: личи (bg) n (liči)
• Burmese: နှင်းသီး (my) (hnang:si:), လိုက်ချီး (my) (luikhkyi:)
• Catalan: litxi m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 荔枝 (lai⁶ zi¹)

  Hokkien: 荔枝 (zh-min-nan) (nāi-chi, lāi-chi)

  Mandarin: 荔枝 (zh) (lìzhī)

• 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
• Greek: λίτσι f (lítsi)
• 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 (ja) (reishi), ライチ (ja) (raichi)
• Kanakanabu: ringking tatia
• Kannada: ಲಿಚ್ಚಿ (licci)
• Kazakh: личи (liçi)
• Khmer: គូលែន (km) (kuulɛɛn), លិនជី (km) (lɨncii)
• Korean: 리치 (ko) (richi), 라이치 (raichi), 여지 (ko) (yeoji), 려지 (ryeoji) (North Korea)
• Lao: ໝາກລິ້ນຈີ່ (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 (ru) 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)
• Turkish: liçi
• Tày: mác pái, mác cại, mác nghiều
• Uyghur: لىجى (liji)
• Vietnamese: vải (vi) (𣞻)
• 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
• 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

• Cheely, leechy

Dutch

Etymology

From Cantonese 荔枝 (lai⁶ zi¹).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ly‧chee

Noun

lychee m (plural lychees, diminutive lycheetje n)

1. lychee (Litchi chinensis)

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lychee”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

• lychee on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl