lychee

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Cantonese 荔枝 (lai6 zi1). Doublet of litchi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃi/, /laɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiː/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US also) IPA(key): /ˈlit͡ʃi/
  • Rhymes: -iːtʃi, -aɪtʃi

Noun

lychee (countable and uncountable, plural lychees)

  1. The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family.
  3. That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril.
    • 1928 October 13, The Argus, Melbourne, page 2, column 7:
      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.
  4. (uncountable) A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red).
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References

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

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Cantonese 荔枝 (lai6 zi1).

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ly‧chee

Noun

lychee m (plural lychees, diminutive lycheetje n)

  1. lychee (Litchi chinensis)

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