trèfle

See also: tréflé

French

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɛfl/

Noun

trèfle m (plural trèfles)

1. clover

   J'ai trouvé un trèfle à quatre feuilles ! (I found a four-leaf clover!)

2. (card games) clubs (card suit)
3. (architecture) trefoil
4. (heraldry) trefoil

Descendants

• → German: Treff n

  → Macedonian: треф m (tref)

  → Russian: тре́фа f (tréfa)

  → Russian: тре́фы f (tréfy)

  → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: тре̏ф m

  Latin script: trȅf m

• → Polish: trefl
• → Vietnamese: nhép, tép

Further reading

• “trèfle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• reflet