trevo

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *trifŏlum, from Latin trifolium (“trefoil, clover”), from tria (“three”) + folium (“leaf”).

Etymology 2

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *trebăno, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *trebā (“house”). Compare trobo.

References

• “trevo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “trevo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “trebo (favo)” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “trevo” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “trevo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *trifolum, from Latin trifolium (“trefoil, clover”), from tria (“three”) + folium (“leaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾe.vu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾe.vo/
• Hyphenation: tre‧vo

Noun

trevo m (plural trevos)

1. clover (plant in genus Trifolium)
2. (informal) any trifoliate plant
3. cloverleaf interchange