lychee

Contents

EnglishEdit

Lychees

Alternative formsEdit

• leechee, lichee, lichi, litchi

EtymologyEdit

From Cantonese 荔枝 (lai⁶ zi¹).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃiː/, /ˈliːt͡ʃiː/

NounEdit

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.

TranslationsEdit

tree

• 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
• 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)
• Korean: 리치 (ko) (richi), 라이치 (raichi), 여지 (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, n (líči), ли́джи m, n (lídži), ла́йси m, n (lájsi), ли́си m, 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
• Armenian: լիչի (ličʿi)
• Bouyei: maslizxil, lizxil, masdianhjungl
• Burmese: နှင်းသီး (my) (hnang:si:), လိုက်ချီး (my) (luikhkyi:)
• 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 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)
• Kanakanabu: ringking tatia

• Khmer: គូលែន (km) (kuulɛɛn)
• Korean: 리치 (ko) (richi), 라이치 (raichi), 여지 (yeoji), 려지 (ryeoji) (North Korea)
• Lao: ໝາກລິ້ນຈີ່ (lo) (māk lin chī)
• Macedonian: личи n (liči)
• Malay: laici
• Mongolian: нефелеум (nefeleum)
• Nataoran Amis: kuwawi
• Norwegian: litchi
• Polish: liczi n
• Portuguese: lichia f
• Romanian: litchi m
• Russian: ли́чи (ru) m, n (líči), ли́джи m, n (lídži), ла́йси m, n (lájsi), ли́си m, 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, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} litchi

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

ReferencesEdit

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