trébol

Borrowed from Catalan trèvol, from Vulgar Latin *trifulus < *trifolum, from Latin trifolium, calque of Ancient Greek τρίφυλλον (tríphullon, “clover”), from τρία (tría, “three”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”). Doublet of trifolio. Cognate with English trefoil.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾebol/ [ˈt̪ɾe.β̞ol]
• Rhymes: -ebol
• Syllabification: tré‧bol

trébol m (plural tréboles)

1. clover
2. trefoil, shamrock
3. (heraldry) trefoil
4. (card games) club (a playing card of the suit clubs, tréboles)

Suits in Spanish · palos (layout · text)
corazones	diamantes	picas	tréboles

• “trébol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28