trèfle

Meaning

1. clover
2. clubs (card suit)
3. trefoil
4. trefoil

Concepts

clover

trefoil

club

shamrock

clubs

Trifolium

genus Trifolium

Trifolium dubium

hop clover

lesser yellow trefoil

Trifolium repens

dutch clover

white clover

medick

medic

Oxalis acetosella

common wood sorrel

cuckoo bread

four-leaf clover

trifoil

cloverleaf

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʁɛfl/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tresfle, from Vulgar Latin *trifolum, from Latin trifolium, calque of Ancient Greek τρίφυλλον (tríphullon). Or taken from the Greek itself. Compare Old French trefeuil.

Sentences

À l'intérieur , trois absides groupées en forme de trèfle forment un triconque.

Inside, three apses grouped in the shape of a clover form a trumpet.