trèfle

== 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) clover J'ai trouvé un trèfle à quatre feuilles ! (I found a four-leaf clover!) (card games) clubs (card suit) (architecture) trefoil (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 ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “trèfle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === reflet