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Webster 1913 Edition

Lychee

Ly′cheeˊ

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Noun.

(Bot.)

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Definition 2025

lychee

lychee

English

Lychees

Alternative forms

leechee, lichee, lichi, litchi

Noun

lychee ‎(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.

Translations

tree

Chinese:

Cantonese: 荔枝 ‎(lai⁶ zi¹)

Mandarin: 荔枝 (zh) ‎(lìzhī)
Danish: litchi 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
Italian: litchi m
Japanese: 茘枝 (ja), レイシ ‎(reishi), ライチ ‎(raichi)

Khmer: គូលែន (km) ‎(kuulɛɛn)
Lao:
Macedonian: личи n ‎(líči)
Norwegian: litchi
Polish: liczi n
Portuguese: lichia f
Romanian: litchi m
Russian: (indeclinable) ли́чи (ru) m, n ‎(líči)
Spanish: lichi (es) m
Swahili: mshokishoki, mgulabi
Swedish: litchi (sv) c
Vietnamese: (cây) vải
Volapük: licid

fruit

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 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: (lichi) ליצ'י
Hindi: लीची (hi) ‎(līcī)
Hungarian: licsi (hu), licsiszilva
Ido: lichio (io)
Irish: lítsí m
Italian: litchi m

Japanese: 茘枝 (ja) ‎(reishi), レイシ ‎(reishi), ライチ ‎(raichi)
Khmer: គូលែន (km) ‎(kuulɛɛn)
Lao:
Macedonian: личи n ‎(líči)
Malay: laici
Mongolian: нефелеум ‎(nefeleum)
Norwegian: litchi
Polish: liczi n
Portuguese: lichia f
Romanian: litchi m
Russian: (indeclinable) ли́чи (ru) m, n ‎(líči)
Spanish: lichi (es) m
Swahili: shokishoki, gulabi
Swedish: litchi (sv) c
Tagalog: alpay, litsiyas
Thai: ลิ้นจี่ (th) ‎(lín-jìi)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)}(trái / quả) vải
Volapük: licidafluk

References

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