lychee
/ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃi/
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lychee noun: the Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.
Noun
lychee (countable and uncountable, 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.
- 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
- A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red).
lychee meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
lychee in Hindi
- tree
- लीची līcī
- fruit
- लीची līcī
lychee in Tamil
- fruit
- விழுதி viḻuti, விளச்சி viḷacci
lychee in Bengali
- tree
- লিচু গাছ licu gach
- fruit
- লিচু licu
lychee in Kannada
- fruit
- ಲಿಚ್ಚಿ licci
More languagesFewer languages
- lychee in Punjabi
- ਲੀਚੀ līcī
- lychee in Gujarati
- લીચી līcī
- lychee in Assamese
- লিচু গছ lisu gos, লেচু গছ lesu gos, লিচু lisu, লেচু lesu
- lychee in Tagalog
- alpay, litsiyas
- lychee in Malay
- laici
- lychee in Indonesian
- leci
- lychee in Thai
- ลิ้นจี่ lín-jìi
- lychee in Vietnamese
- cây vải, vải
- lychee in Myanmar
- နှင်းသီး hnang:si:, လိုက်ချီး luikhkyi:
Forms of lychee
| plural | lychees |
|---|---|
| alternative form | lichee |
| alternative form | lichi |
| alternative form | litchi |
Origin of lychee
* /ˈlaɪ̯.t͡ʃi/, /laɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiː/ from Cantonese 荔枝 (lai⁶ zi¹) * /ˈlit͡ʃi/ from Hokkien 荔枝 (lē-chi) Doublet of litchi and lichi.
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Questions about lychee
- What does lychee mean?
- Lychee means the Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.
- What is lychee in Hindi?
- Lychee in Hindi is लीची (līcī). See Lychee meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lychee?
- Lychee is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lychee?
- Lychee is pronounced /ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃi/.
- What is the plural of lychee?
- The plural of lychee is lychees.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lychee (page history and authors); લીચી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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