lychee
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: * /ˈlaɪ̯.t͡ʃi/, /laɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiː/ from Cantonese 荔枝 (lai⁶ zi¹)
* /ˈlit͡ʃi/ from Hokkien 荔枝 (lē-chi)
Doublet of litchi and lichi.
Inflected forms:
form: lychees
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lichee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: lichi
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: litchi
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: No Chinese meal is complete without some succulent dim sims (pork minced with water chestnuts and enclosed in paste), and such sweets as honeyed lychee nuts and honeyed ginger.
gloss: A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Derived words: lycheetini
Translations:
lang: Assamese
word: লিচু গছ
roman: lisu gos
lang: Assamese
word: লেচু গছ
roman: lesu gos
lang: Bengali
word: লিচু গাছ
roman: licu gach
lang: Burmese
word: နှင်းသီး
roman: hnang:si:
lang: Burmese
word: လိုက်ချီး
roman: luikhkyi:
lang: Catalan
word: litxi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 荔枝
roman: lai⁶ zi¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 荔枝
roman: lìzhī
lang: Danish
word: litchi
lang: Dutch
word: lycheeboom
lang: Dutch
word: litsjiboom
lang: Estonian
word: litši
lang: Finnish
word: litsi
lang: French
word: letchi
lang: French
word: litchi
lang: French
word: li-tchi
lang: German
word: Litschibaum
lang: Hindi
word: लीची
roman: līcī
lang: Hungarian
word: licsifa
lang: Ido
word: lichiiero
lang: Indonesian
word: leci
lang: Italian
word: litchi
lang: Japanese
word: 茘枝
roman: reishi
lang: Japanese
word: レイシ
roman: reishi
lang: Japanese
word: ライチ
roman: raichi
lang: Khmer
word: គូលែន
roman: kuulɛɛn
lang: Khmer
word: លិនជី
roman: lɨncii
lang: Korean
word: 리치
roman: richi
lang: Korean
word: 라이치
roman: raichi
lang: Korean
word: 여지
roman: yeoji
lang: Korean
word: 려지
roman: ryeoji
lang: Lao
word: ແງວ
roman: ngǣu
lang: Macedonian
word: личи
roman: liči
lang: Malay
word: laici
lang: Norwegian
word: litchi
lang: Polish
word: liczi
lang: Portuguese
word: lichia
lang: Punjabi
word: ਲੀਚੀ
roman: līcī
lang: Romanian
word: litchi
lang: Russian
word: ли́чи
roman: líči
lang: Russian
word: ли́джи
roman: lídži
lang: Russian
word: ла́йси
roman: lájsi
lang: Russian
word: ли́си
roman: lísi
lang: Spanish
word: lichi
lang: Swahili
word: mshokishoki
lang: Swahili
word: mgulabi
lang: Swedish
word: litchi
lang: Thai
word: ลิ้นจี่
roman: lín-jìi
lang: Uyghur
word: لىجى
roman: liji
lang: Vietnamese
word: cây vải
lang: Volapük
word: licid
lang: Zhuang
word: laehcei
lang: Amis
word: kowawi
lang: Amis
word: kuwawi
lang: Armenian
word: լիչի
roman: ličʻi
lang: Assamese
word: লিচু
roman: lisu
lang: Assamese
word: লেচু
roman: lesu
lang: Bengali
word: লিচু
roman: licu
lang: Bouyei
word: maslizxil
lang: Bouyei
word: lizxil
lang: Bouyei
word: masdianhjungl
lang: Bulgarian
word: личи
roman: liči
lang: Burmese
word: နှင်းသီး
roman: hnang:si:
lang: Burmese
word: လိုက်ချီး
roman: luikhkyi:
lang: Catalan
word: litxi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 荔枝
roman: lai⁶ zi¹
lang: Chinese
word: 荔枝
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 荔枝
roman: lìzhī
lang: Czech
word: liči
lang: Danish
word: litchi
lang: Danish
word: kærlighedsfrugt
lang: Dutch
word: lychee
lang: Dutch
word: litsji
lang: Estonian
word: litši
lang: Finnish
word: litsi
lang: French
word: litchi
lang: French
word: letchi
lang: Georgian
word: ლიᲩი
roman: liČi
lang: German
word: Litschi
lang: Greek
word: λίτσι
roman: lítsi
lang: Hebrew
word: לִיצִ׳י
roman: lichi
lang: Hindi
word: लीची
roman: līcī
lang: Hungarian
word: licsi
lang: Hungarian
word: licsiszilva
lang: Ido
word: lichio
lang: Indonesian
word: leci
lang: Irish
word: lítsí
lang: Italian
word: litchi
lang: Japanese
word: 茘枝
roman: reishi
lang: Japanese
word: レイシ
roman: reishi
lang: Japanese
word: ライチ
roman: raichi
lang: Kanakanabu
word: ringking tatia
lang: Kannada
word: ಲಿಚ್ಚಿ
roman: licci
lang: Kazakh
word: личи
roman: liçi
lang: Khmer
word: គូលែន
roman: kuulɛɛn
lang: Khmer
word: លិនជី
roman: lɨncii
lang: Korean
word: 리치
roman: richi
lang: Korean
word: 라이치
roman: raichi
lang: Korean
word: 여지
roman: yeoji
lang: Korean
word: 려지
roman: ryeoji
lang: Lao
word: ໝາກລິ້ນຈີ່
roman: māk lin chī
lang: Lithuanian
word: ličis
lang: Macedonian
word: личи
roman: liči
lang: Malay
word: laici
lang: Manchu
word: ᠮᠠᠰᡝ ᠮᡠᠶᠠᡵᡳ
roman: mase muyari
lang: Mongolian
word: нефелеум
roman: nefeleum
lang: Norwegian
word: litchi
lang: Polish
word: liczi
lang: Portuguese
word: lichia
lang: Romanian
word: litchi
lang: Russian
word: ли́чи
roman: líči
lang: Russian
word: ли́джи
roman: lídži
lang: Russian
word: ла́йси
roman: lájsi
lang: Russian
word: ли́си
roman: lísi
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: liči
lang: Spanish
word: lichi
lang: Swahili
word: shokishoki
lang: Swahili
word: gulabi
lang: Swedish
word: litchi
lang: Tagalog
word: alpay
lang: Tagalog
word: litsiyas
lang: Tamil
word: விழுதி
roman: viḻuti
lang: Tamil
word: விளச்சி
roman: viḷacci
lang: Tày
word: mác pái
lang: Tày
word: mác cại
lang: Tày
word: mác nghiều
lang: Thai
word: ลิ้นจี่
roman: lín-jìi
lang: Tibetan
word: འབྲུག་ཚགས
roman: 'brug tshags
lang: Turkish
word: liçi
lang: Uyghur
word: لىجى
roman: liji
lang: Vietnamese
word: vải
lang: Volapük
word: licidafluk
lang: Zhuang
word: laehcei