shamrock

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (1)  · 
“
I do not attribute Scottish birth to the particular sprig of shamrock which is to figure in these pages, dear reader.

View all »
Definitions (11)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. noun Any of several plants, such as a clover or wood sorrel, having compound leaves with three small leaflets, considered the national emblem of Ireland.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (6)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (3)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • Eriu, Fotla, Banba, three goddesses in one, like the shamrock or the holy Trinity. —  Celtic Riddle
  • St. Patrick used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish. —  News for WSAV
  • St. Patrick used the shamrock, a green coloured three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish. —  Daily News & Analysis
  • It may only have been university rugby, but the emotion was exactly the same as pulling on the red hand of Ulster or the shamrock of Ireland. —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • I am very proud of my Irish heritage, so much in fact that I have a tattoo of a shamrock, a Celtic knot and the Irish flag. —  Hartford Advocate: News
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 72 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (2)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Irish Gaelic seamróg, diminutive of seamar, clover, from Middle Irish semar.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. Early modern English also shamroke, shamrag, shamerag; from Irish seamrog (= Gael, seamrag), trefoil, diminutive of seamar, trefoil.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈʃæmrɑk/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word a few times a year.

Recently looked up

Simla · carrots · vodka · antagonistic · descant

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

britney · bunda · settii · aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile · an sionnach i gcraiceann na caorach