How to pronounce trefoil
American English pronunciation
TREE-foyl
- IPA
- /ˈtɹiˌfɔɪl/
- Syllables
- TREE · foyl (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- TREH-foyl
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What trefoil means
A design shaped like a three-part clover leaf
In a sentence: The garden gate had a trefoil cut into it, like a tiny clover.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin trifolium, made from tri-, meaning "three," and folium, meaning "leaf."
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