trifolio

From tri (“three”) +‎ folio (“leaf”), borrowed from/a calque of Latin trifolium, itself a calque of Ancient Greek τρίφυλλον (tríphullon). Compare English trefoil, Italian trifoglio, French trèfle, Romanian trifoi.

• IPA^(key): /trifoˈlio/

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• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: tri‧fo‧li‧o
• Hyphenation: tri‧folio

trifolio (accusative singular trifolion, plural trifolioj, accusative plural trifoliojn)

1. trefoil (plant of the genus Trifolium)

Borrowed from Esperanto trifolio, Latin trifolium, English trefoil, French trèfle, Italian trifoglio, Spanish trébol. Equivalent to tri (“three”) +‎ folio (“leaf”).

trifolio (plural trifolii)

1. trefoil
   • 2005 September, Fernando Tejón, “Vidindaji”, in Adavane!, number 11, page 68:

     Pro ke komercistachi pri narkotaji plantacis narkotaji en agri ube normale trovesis trifolii e sunflori e ke li mixis oli kun kustumala herbi, nun la Rusa rurani di Ural-regiono mustas donar narkotaji-herbi a lia animali por ke li ne mortez pro hungro.

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trifoliō

1. dative/ablative singular of trifolium