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trèfle

clover

noun TREH-fleh Rare
Animals & Nature Plants

Also means

clubs (card suit)

Usage Note

Trèfle means both the clover plant and the clubs suit in a deck of cards — the suit symbol is shaped like a three-leaf clover. Un trèfle à quatre feuilles is a four-leaf clover, considered lucky. The plural is trèfles.

Examples

"Elle cherche un trèfle à quatre feuilles."

Natural Translation

She is looking for a four-leaf clover.

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