four-leaf clover

English

A four-leaf clover.

Alternative forms

• four-leafed clover, four-leaved clover

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹˈliːfˈkloʊ.vɚ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

four-leaf clover (plural four-leaf clovers)

1. An uncommon variation of the clover, having four leaves instead of the usual three.
2. (idiomatic) A bringer of good luck.

Synonyms

• lucky clover

Translations

clover with four leaves

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四葉草 / 四叶草 (zh) (sìyècǎo)

• Czech: čtyřlístek (cs) m
• Danish: firkløver c
• Dutch: klavertjevier (nl) n
• Finnish: neliapila (fi)
• French: trèfle à quatre feuilles (fr) m
• German: vierblättriges Kleeblatt n
• Hungarian: négylevelű lóhere (hu)
• Indonesian: semanggi daun empat
• Italian: quadrifoglio (it) m
• Japanese: 四つ葉のクローバー (yotsuba no kurōbā)
• Korean: 네잎 클로버 (neip keullobeo)
• Navajo: chʼil bitʼąąʼ dį́ʼí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: firkløver m

  Nynorsk: firkløver m

• Polish: czterolistna koniczyna f
• Portuguese: trevo de quatro folhas m
• Romanian: trifoi cu patru foi n
• Russian: четырёхли́стный кле́вер m (četyrjoxlístnyj kléver)
• Slovak: štvorlístok m
• Spanish: trébol de cuatro hojas m
• Swedish: fyrklöver (sv)
• Turkish: dört yapraklı yonca
• Welsh: deilen gynifer f

bringer of good luck

• Czech: čtyřlístek (cs) m
• Finnish: neliapila (fi)
• German: Glücksklee (de) n
• Italian: portafortuna (it) m or m pl
• Portuguese: trevo de quatro folhas m
• Slovak: štvorlístok m