trèfle
French
noun
Definitions
- clover
- (card games) clubs (card suit)
- (architecture) trefoil
- (heraldiccharge) trefoil
Etymology
Inherited from Old French tresfle inherited from Latin *trifolum, trifolium (clover, trefoil) derived from Ancient Greek τρίφυλλον (clover).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τρίφυλλον
Gloss
clover
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- treff English
- trefoil English
- trifoly English
- *trifolum Latin
- *trifulum Latin
- *trifulus Latin
- *trifŏlum Latin
- *trīfolum Latin
- trifolium Latin
- Treff German
- treff Hungarian
- treffek Hungarian
- foglio Italian
- trifogliaio Italian
- trifoglio Italian
- тре́фы Russian
- трефа Russian
- τρίφυλλιον Ancient Greek
- τρίφυλλον Ancient Greek
- trifólio Portuguese
- trefl Polish
- træf Danish
- tresfle Old French
- trifoil Old French
- trefo Esperanto
- trifolio Esperanto
- tref Serbo-Croatian
- треф Serbo-Croatian
- trèvol Catalan, Valencian
- trifoi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- τριφύλλι Greek (modern)
- nhép Vietnamese
- tërfil Albanian
- trevoo Old Portuguese
- треф Macedonian
- trifolj Aromanian
- trifoljiu Aromanian
- cerfoi Friulian