name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
clover
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊ.və(ɹ)/
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General-American: /ˈkloʊ.vɚ/
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Australian: /ˈkləʉ.və(ɹ)/
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name
Meaning 2
A female given name.
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name
Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Henry County, Illinois.
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name
Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
Four townships in Minnesota, in Clearwater County, Hubbard County, Mahnomen County and Pine County.
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name
Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.
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name
Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
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name
Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
A town in York County, South Carolina.
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name
Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Halifax County, Virginia.
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name
Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia.
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name
Meaning 10
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, named after Clover Creek.
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name
Meaning 11
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
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name
Meaning 12
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
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noun
Meaning 13
A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
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noun
Meaning 14
The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
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Topics: cartomancy, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 15
a plant of the genus Trifolium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: trefoil
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: alpine clover, Trifolium alpinum, hop clover, shamrock, lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium, crimson clover, Italian clover, Trifolium incarnatum, red clover, purple clover, Trifolium pratense, buffalo clover, Trifolium reflexum, Trifolium stoloniferum, white clover, dutch clover, Trifolium repens
History
Etymology
From Middle English clovere, claver, from Old English clāfre, earlier clǣfre, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kleeuwer, Low German Klaver, Klever, Dutch klaver, all “clover”. More distantly also related with German Klee.
Across languages
Translations
137 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: klawer — plant in genus Trifolium
- Albanian: tërfil — plant in genus Trifolium
- Arabic: نَفَل (nafal) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Armenian: երեքնուկ (erekʻnuk) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Armenian: խնձորուկ (xnjoruk) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Armenian: սիրի-սիրի (siri-siri) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Aromanian: trifoljiu — plant in genus Trifolium
- Aromanian: trifolju — plant in genus Trifolium
- Aromanian: trifiljiu — plant in genus Trifolium
- Asturian: trébole — plant in genus Trifolium
- Azerbaijani: yonca — plant in genus Trifolium
- Bats: სამყურაჸო̂ (samq̇uraʾô) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Belarusian: канюшы́на (kanjušýna) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Breton: melchon — plant in genus Trifolium
- Bulgarian: детели́на (detelína) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Burmese: ကလိုဗါပင် (ka.luibapang) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Catalan: trèvol — plant in genus Trifolium
- Chinese Cantonese: 三葉草 /三叶草 (saam1 jip6 cou2) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Chinese Mandarin: 三葉草 /三叶草 (sānyècǎo) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Chinese Mandarin: 苜 (mù) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Cornish: mellyon — plant in genus Trifolium
- Crimean Tatar: yonca — plant in genus Trifolium
- Czech: jetel — plant in genus Trifolium
- Danish: kløver — plant in genus Trifolium
- Dutch: klaver — plant in genus Trifolium
- Esperanto: trifolio — plant in genus Trifolium
- Estonian: ristikhein — plant in genus Trifolium
- Faroese: smæra — plant in genus Trifolium
- Finnish: apila — plant in genus Trifolium
- French: trèfle — plant in genus Trifolium
- Saterland Frisian: Kleeuwer — plant in genus Trifolium
- Friulian: cerfoi — plant in genus Trifolium
- Friulian: cerfuei — plant in genus Trifolium
- Gagauz: yonca — plant in genus Trifolium
- Galician: trevo — plant in genus Trifolium
- Gallo: treuf' — plant in genus Trifolium
- Georgian: სამყურა (samq̇ura) — plant in genus Trifolium
- German: Klee — plant in genus Trifolium
- Greek: τριφύλλι (trifýlli) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Ancient Greek: τρίφυλλον (tríphullon) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Hebrew: תִּלְתָּן (tiltán) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Hindi: तिपतिया (tipatiyā) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Hungarian: lóhere — plant in genus Trifolium
- Icelandic: smári — plant in genus Trifolium
- Ido: trifolio — plant in genus Trifolium
- Indonesian: semanggi — plant in genus Trifolium
- Ingrian: häryt — plant in genus Trifolium
- Ingrian: kleeveri — plant in genus Trifolium
- Irish: seamair — plant in genus Trifolium
- Italian: trifoglio — plant in genus Trifolium
- Japanese: クローバー (kurōbā) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Japanese: 白詰草 (shirotsumekusa) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Japanese: 車軸草 (shajikusō) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Kannada: ಕ್ಲವರ್ (klavar) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Karaim: yonca — plant in genus Trifolium
- Karakalpak: jońıshqa — plant in genus Trifolium
- Kashubian: kòniczëna — plant in genus Trifolium
- Kashubian: kléwer — plant in genus Trifolium
- Kazakh: беде (bede) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Korean: 클로버 (keullobeo) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Krymchak: yonca — plant in genus Trifolium
- Kumyk: ёнгурчгъа (yoñurçğa) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Kyrgyz: жоңгучка (joŋgucka) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Latin: trifolium — plant in genus Trifolium
- Latin: cytisus — plant in genus Trifolium
- Latvian: āboliņš — plant in genus Trifolium
- Limburgish: kliè — plant in genus Trifolium
- Limburgish: klieë — plant in genus Trifolium
- Limburgish: klaver — plant in genus Trifolium
- Lithuanian: dobilas — plant in genus Trifolium
- Luxembourgish: Kléi — plant in genus Trifolium
- Macedonian: детелина (detelina) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Malay: semanggi — plant in genus Trifolium
- Maltese: silla — plant in genus Trifolium
- Manx: shamrag — plant in genus Trifolium
- Māori: korouwa — plant in genus Trifolium
- Māori: koroua — plant in genus Trifolium
- Māori: korowa — plant in genus Trifolium
- Mingrelian: სუმჸუჯა (sumʾuǯa) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Classical Nahuatl: Caxtīllān ocōxōchitl — plant in genus Trifolium
- Classical Nahuatl: trebol — plant in genus Trifolium
- Nogai: йорынша (yorınşa) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Norwegian Bokmål: kløver — plant in genus Trifolium
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kløver — plant in genus Trifolium
- Occitan: trefuèlh — plant in genus Trifolium
- Old English: clāfre — plant in genus Trifolium
- Old English: clǣfre — plant in genus Trifolium
- Old Prussian: wobilis — plant in genus Trifolium
- Pannonian Rusyn: бетелїна (beteljina) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Pannonian Rusyn: требиконїна (trebikonjina) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Persian: شبدر (šabdar) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Polish: koniczyna — plant in genus Trifolium
- Polish: dzięcielina — plant in genus Trifolium
- Portuguese: trevo — plant in genus Trifolium
- Quechua: chikmu — plant in genus Trifolium
- Quechua: layu — plant in genus Trifolium
- Quechua: ispinku — plant in genus Trifolium
- Romanian: trifoi — plant in genus Trifolium
- Russian: кле́вер (kléver) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Salar: musi — plant in genus Trifolium
- Northern Sami: luovvar — plant in genus Trifolium
- Sardinian: tirifozi — plant in genus Trifolium
- Sardinian: tirvozu — plant in genus Trifolium
- Sardinian: travullu — plant in genus Trifolium
- Sardinian: trevúgliu — plant in genus Trifolium
- Sardinian: trivudhu — plant in genus Trifolium
- Scottish Gaelic: seamrag — plant in genus Trifolium
- Serbo-Croatian: детелина — plant in genus Trifolium
- Serbo-Croatian: detelina — plant in genus Trifolium
- Slovak: ďatelina — plant in genus Trifolium
- Slovene: detelja — plant in genus Trifolium
- Lower Sorbian: źiśelina — plant in genus Trifolium
- Upper Sorbian: dźećel — plant in genus Trifolium
- Spanish: trébol — plant in genus Trifolium
- Svan: სამყურ (samq̇ur) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Svan: პერპილ (ṗerṗil) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Swedish: klöver — plant in genus Trifolium
- Tagalog: klober — plant in genus Trifolium
- Tatar: тукранбаш (tuqranbaş) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Thai: โคลเวอร์ — plant in genus Trifolium
- Tongan: kihikihipālangi — plant in genus Trifolium
- Turkish: yonca — plant in genus Trifolium
- Turkish: tirfil — plant in genus Trifolium
- Turkish: üçgül — plant in genus Trifolium
- Ottoman Turkish: یونجه (yonca) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Ottoman Turkish: طرفیل (tırfıl) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Turkmen: ýorunja — plant in genus Trifolium
- Tuvan: меде (mede) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Ukrainian: конюши́на (konjušýna) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Urum: yonca — plant in genus Trifolium
- Uzbek: beda — plant in genus Trifolium
- Uzbek: yoʻngʻichqa — plant in genus Trifolium
- Vietnamese: cỏ ba lá — plant in genus Trifolium
- Vilamovian: kłej — plant in genus Trifolium
- Welsh: meillion — plant in genus Trifolium
- Yiddish: קאָנישינע (konishine) — plant in genus Trifolium
- Zazaki: once — plant in genus Trifolium
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