trefoil
English
/ˈtɹɛ.fɔɪl/
noun
Definitions
- Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.
- A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.
- (topology) .
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English trefoil borrowed from Old French trifoil derived from Latin trifolium (clover, trefoil).
Origin
Latin
trifolium
Gloss
clover, trefoil
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- knot English
- pseudotrefoil English
- tick English
- tick-trefoil English
- trefoil knot English
- trefoiled English
- trifoly English
- *trifolum Latin
- *trifulum Latin
- *trifulus Latin
- *trifŏlum Latin
- *trīfolum Latin
- trifolium Latin
- foglio Italian
- trifogliaio Italian
- trifoglio Italian
- trèfle French
- trébol Spanish, Castilian
- τρίφυλλον Ancient Greek
- trifólio Portuguese
- trefoil Middle English
- trifoil Old French
- trifolio Esperanto
- trèvol Catalan, Valencian
- trifoi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tërfil Albanian
- trebol Classical Nahuatl
- trifolj Aromanian
- trifoljiu Aromanian
- cerfoi Friulian