lychee

English

Lychees

Alternative forms

lichee, lichi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃi/, /laɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiː/
Audio (UK) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈlit͡ʃi/
Rhymes: (US) -itʃi

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.
A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red).
lychee:

Translations

tree

Assamese: লিচু গছ (lisu gos), লেচু গছ (lesu gos)
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
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), 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
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 (ličʿi)
Assamese: লিচু (lisu), লেচু (lesu)
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)
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
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 (reishi), ライチ (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 (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) (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