クローバー

Japanese
A close-up of zigzag clover, Trifolium medium.

Etymology

Borrowed from English clover.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

First attested in Japanese in a text from 1907.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

クローバー • (kurōbā) 

  1. [from 1907] (botany) clover, a member of genus Trifolium
    Synonyms: 詰草 (tsumekusa), 馬肥やし (umagoyashi), (Trifolium) シャジクソウ属 (shajikusō-zoku)
  2. [date uncertain] (suit in card games) club; clover
    Synonym: クラブ (kurabu)

See also

References
  1. “クローバー”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. “クローバー”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  3. “クローバー”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  6. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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