English Explanatory Dictionary

lychee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃi/ /laɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lychee.wav /ˈlit͡ʃi/

Word forms

lychee lychees lichee lichi litchi

Etymology

* /ˈlaɪ̯.t͡ʃi/, /laɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiː/ from Cantonese 荔枝 (lai⁶ zi¹) * /ˈlit͡ʃi/ from Hokkien 荔枝 (lē-chi) Doublet of litchi and lichi.

Derived words

lycheetini

Translations

Assamese: লিচু গছ Assamese: লেচু গছ Assamese: লিচু Assamese: লেচু Bengali: লিচু গাছ Bengali: লিচু Burmese: နှင်းသီး Burmese: လိုက်ချီး Catalan: litxi Chinese Cantonese: 荔枝 Chinese Mandarin: 荔枝 Danish: litchi Danish: kærlighedsfrugt Dutch: lycheeboom Dutch: litsjiboom Dutch: lychee Dutch: litsji Estonian: litši Finnish: litsi French: letchi French: litchi French: li-tchi German: Litschibaum German: Litschi Hindi: लीची Hungarian: licsifa Hungarian: licsi Hungarian: licsiszilva Ido: lichiiero Ido: lichio Indonesian: leci Italian: litchi Japanese: 茘枝 Japanese: レイシ Japanese: ライチ Khmer: គូលែន Khmer: លិនជី Korean: 리치 Korean: 라이치 Korean: 여지 Korean: 려지 Macedonian: личи Malay: laici Norwegian: litchi Polish: liczi Portuguese: lichia Punjabi: ਲੀਚੀ Romanian: litchi Russian: ли́чи Russian: ли́джи Russian: ла́йси Russian: ли́си Spanish: lichi Swahili: mshokishoki Swahili: mgulabi Swahili: shokishoki Swahili: gulabi Swedish: litchi Thai: ลิ้นจี่ Uyghur: لىجى Vietnamese: cây vải Vietnamese: vải Volapük: licid Volapük: licidafluk Zhuang: laehcei Amis: kowawi Amis: kuwawi Armenian: լիչի Bouyei: maslizxil Bouyei: lizxil Bouyei: masdianhjungl Bulgarian: личи
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