trefoil

English

Trifolium repens

Architectural trefoil

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman trifoil < Old French trefeuil < Latin trifolium < tri- + folium (leaf).

Noun

trefoil (plural trefoils)

1. (botany) Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.
2. A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.

Coordinate terms

• quatrefoil
• cinquefoil
• sexfoil
• huitfoil

See also

• multifoil
• polyfoil

Translations

plant

• Czech: trojlístek (cs) m
• Danish: trekløver (da) c
• Esperanto: trifolio (eo)
• Finnish: kolmiapila (fi)
• French: trèfle (fr) m
• Georgian: სამყურა (ka) (samqura) 
• German: Klee (de) m, Dreiblatt (de) n
• Ido: trifolio (io)
• Jèrriais: trêfl'ye dg'ieau m

• Latin: trifolium (la) n
• Polish: koniczyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: trifólio (pt) m, trevo (pt) m
• Romanian: trifoi (ro)
• Russian: трилистник (ru) (trilístnik) , клевер (ru) (kléver) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: seamrag (gd) f, barra-mhìslein (gd) m
• Tagalog: klober (tl)
• Ukrainian: трилисник (uk) (trylýsnyk) m 
• Vietnamese: cây chia ba (vi)

symbol

• Czech: trojlist (cs) m
• Finnish: apilanlehti (fi), kolmiapila (fi)

• German: Dreipass (de) m
• Russian: трилистник (ru) (trilístnik) m 

Anagrams

• loftier