trevo

See also: třěvo

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *trifŏlum, from Latin trifolium (trefoil, clover), from tria (three) + folium (leaf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾeβo̝/

Noun

trevo m (plural trevos)

  1. clover
  2. trefoil, shamrock
  3. (heraldry) trefoil
  4. (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)

  1. (bees) honeycomb
    Synonyms: entena, favo, panal, zarapata
  2. (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.
  • trebo (favo)” 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)

  1. course (square sail)

Further reading

  • trevo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese trevoo, from Vulgar Latin *trifolum, from Latin trifolium (trefoil, clover), from tria (three) + folium (leaf). Compare the borrowed doublet trifólio.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɾe.vu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɾe.vo/
 

  • Hyphenation: tre‧vo

Noun

trevo m (plural trevos)

  1. clover (plant in genus Trifolium)
    Synonyms: trifoleácea, trifólio
  2. (informal) any trifoliate plant
  3. cloverleaf interchange

Derived terms

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