litchi

Other forms of litchi

plural

litchis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about litchi

What does litchi mean?

litchi means "Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in litchi?

litchi has 2 syllables: lit-chi. The stress falls on "lit".

What is another word for litchi?

Close synonyms include lichee, litchi tree, Litchi chinensis, Nephelium litchi, litchi nut. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is litchi a common word?

litchi is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.