英和和英

別の表記

• lichee, lichi, litchi

語源

• /ˈlaɪ̯.t͡ʃi/, /laɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiː/ from Cantonese 荔枝 (lai zi)
• /ˈlit͡ʃi/ from Hokkien 荔枝 (lē-chi)

Doublet of litchi and lichi.

発音

• IPA: /ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃi/, /laɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiː/
• (South Africa) IPA: /ˈlit͡ʃi/
• (米国発音 also) IPA: /ˈlit͡ʃi/
• 韻: -iːtʃi, -aɪtʃi

名詞

lychee (countable and uncountable, 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.
   • 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.

3. (uncountable) A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red).

   lychee:  

派生語

• lycheetini

参照

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

アナグラム

• Cheely, leechy