Meanings
plural lychees · alternative lichee · alternative lichi · alternative litchi
- countableuncountableThe Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.
- countableuncountableThat tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril.
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.
1928 October 13, The Argus, Melbourne, page 2, column 7
Synonyms & antonyms
nounChinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bengali লিচু গাছ, লিচু
- লিচু গাছ (licu gach)tree
- লিচু (licu)fruit
Bulgarian личи
- личи (liči)fruit
Catalan litxi, litxi
- litxitree
- litxifruit
Chinese Cantonese 荔枝, 荔枝
- 荔枝 (lai⁶ zi¹)tree
- 荔枝 (lai⁶ zi¹)fruit
Chinese Mandarin 荔枝, 荔枝
- 荔枝 (lìzhī)tree
- 荔枝 (lìzhī)fruit
Czech liči
- ličifruit
Danish litchi, litchi
- litchitree
- litchifruit
- kærlighedsfrugtfruit
Dutch lycheeboom, litsjiboom
- lycheeboomtree
- litsjiboomtree
- lycheefruit
- litsjifruit
Estonian litši, litši
- litšitree
- litšifruit
Finnish litsi, litsi
- litsitree
- litsifruit
French letchi, litchi
- letchitree
- litchitree
- li-tchitree
- litchifruit
- letchifruit
German Litschibaum, Litschi
- Litschibaumtree
- Litschifruit
Greek λίτσι
- λίτσι (lítsi)fruit
Hebrew לִיצִ׳י
- לִיצִ׳י (lichi)fruit
Hindi लीची, लीची
- लीची (līcī)tree
- लीची (līcī)fruit
Hungarian licsifa, licsi
- licsifatree
- licsifruit
- licsiszilvafruit
Indonesian leci, leci
- lecitree
- lecifruit
Irish lítsí
- lítsífruit
Italian litchi, litchi
- litchitree
- litchifruit
Japanese 茘枝, レイシ
- 茘枝 (reishi)tree
- レイシ (reishi)tree
- ライチ (raichi)tree
- 茘枝 (reishi)fruit
- レイシ (reishi)fruit
- ライチ (raichi)fruit
Korean 리치, 라이치
- 리치 (richi)tree
- 라이치 (raichi)tree
- 여지 (yeoji)tree
- 려지 (ryeoji)tree
- 리치 (richi)fruit
- 라이치 (raichi)fruit
- 여지 (yeoji)fruit
- 려지 (ryeoji)fruit
Lithuanian ličis
- ličisfruit
Malay laici, laici
- laicitree
- laicifruit
Norwegian litchi, litchi
- litchitree
- litchifruit
Polish liczi, liczi
- liczitree
- liczifruit
Portuguese lichia, lichia
- lichiatree
- lichiafruit
Punjabi ਲੀਚੀ
- ਲੀਚੀ (līcī)tree
Romanian litchi, litchi
- litchitree
- litchifruit
Russian ли́чи, ли́джи
- ли́чи (líči)tree
- ли́джи (lídži)tree
- ла́йси (lájsi)tree
- ли́си (lísi)tree
- ли́чи (líči)fruit
- ли́джи (lídži)fruit
- ла́йси (lájsi)fruit
- ли́си (lísi)fruit
Spanish lichi, lichi
- lichitree
- lichifruit
Swahili mshokishoki, mgulabi
- mshokishokitree
- mgulabitree
- shokishokifruit
- gulabifruit
Swedish litchi, litchi
- litchitree
- litchifruit
Tagalog alpay, litsiyas
- alpayfruit
- litsiyasfruit
Tamil விழுதி, விளச்சி
- விழுதி (viḻuti)fruit
- விளச்சி (viḷacci)fruit
Thai ลิ้นจี่, ลิ้นจี่
- ลิ้นจี่ (lín-jìi)tree
- ลิ้นจี่ (lín-jìi)fruit
Turkish liçi
- liçifruit
Vietnamese cây vải, vải
- cây vảitree
- vảifruit
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lychee
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Cite this entry
lychee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lychee
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