trevo
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *trifŏlum, from Latin trifolium (“trefoil, clover”), from tria (“three”) + folium (“leaf”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾeβo̝/
Noun
trevo m (plural trevos)
- clover
- trefoil, shamrock
- (heraldry) trefoil
- (card games) club (a playing card of the suit clubs, trevos)
Etymology 2
From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *trebăno, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *trebā (“house”). Compare trobo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾeβo̝/
Noun
trevo m (plural trevos)
- (bees) honeycomb
- Synonyms: entena, favo, panal, zarapata
- (bees) cell of a honeycomb
References
- “trevo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “trevo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “trevo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “trevo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “trevo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin trabum, of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtre.vo/
- Rhymes: -evo
- Hyphenation: tré‧vo
Noun
trevo m (plural trevi)
- (nautical) course (square sail)
Further reading
- trevo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- torve, verto, vetro
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese trevoo, from Vulgar Latin *trifolum, from Latin trifolium (“trefoil, clover”), from tria (“three”) + folium (“leaf”). Compare the borrowed doublet trifólio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾe.vu/
- Hyphenation: tre‧vo
Noun
trevo m (plural trevos)
- clover (plant in genus Trifolium)
- Synonyms: trifoleácea, trifólio
- (informal) any trifoliate plant
- cloverleaf interchange
Derived terms
Derived terms
- treval
- trevo-amarelo
- trevo-aquático
- trevo-azedo
- trevo-azul
- trevo-betuminoso
- trevo-branco
- trevo-cervino
- trevo-copado
- trevo-da-alexandria
- trevo-da-flórida
- trevo-d'água
- trevo-da-pérsia
- trevo-de-água
- trevo-de-cheiro
- trevo-de-folhas-estreitas
- trevo-de-seará
- trevo-do-egito
- trevo-encarnado
- trevo-estrelado
- trevo-indiano
- trevo-maçaroca
- trevo-namorado
- trevo-pé-de-pássaro
- trevo-preto
- trevo-rasteiro
- trevo-rasteiro-da-praia
- trevo-real
- trevo-vermelho
- trevo-violeta
- trevilho
Related terms
- trifoliácea
- trifoliado
- trifolina
- trifólio
- trifoliose