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 Paleo-Hispanic *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

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trevo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trevo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trebo (favo)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trevo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trevo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

• torve, verto, vetro

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/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾe.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾe.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾe.bu/ [ˈtɾe.βu]

• 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

• treval
• trevilho
• trevo-amarelo
• trevo-aquático
• trevo-azedo
• trevo-azul
• trevo-betuminoso
• trevo-branco
• trevo-cervino
• trevo-copado
• trevo-d'água
• trevo-da-alexandria
• trevo-da-flórida
• 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

Related terms

• trifoliácea
• trifoliado
• trifolina
• trifólio
• trifoliose