shamrock

Significat (Anglès)

1. The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.
2. Any of several species of small clover-like plant species, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens.

Conceptes

shamrock

Sinònims

clover

trefoil

dutch clover

white clover

hop clover

Trifolium repens

Oxalis acetosella

Trifolium dubium

cuckoo bread

common wood sorrel

lesser yellow trefoil

lucerne

alfalfa

Traduccions

trifoglio

trèfle

trébol

trevo

Kleeblatt

klaver

trifolium

yonca

τριφύλλι

نبات النفل

Klee

trifolium repens

trèfle douteux

trifolium dubium

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈʃæm.ɹɒk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: smári

Cognat amb georgià: სამყურა

In summary

From Irish seamróg, from Old Irish semróc, diminutive of semar, semair (“clover”), from Proto-Celtic *semarā, *semaris (compare Gaulish uisumaris (“clover”)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *semh₁r-, *smeh₁r-. Related to Old Norse smári (“clover”) and possibly Georgian სამყურა (samq̇ura, “clover”).