2032: Clubs or Clovers (Suit of Cards) Jul 8, 2020

Of the 4 suits in a French card deck, ♣♦♠♥, the name which makes the least sense is probably the clubs (♣). In French these are 'trèfle' (clover), which helps to explain the shape of the card, but the name comes from the name in the Spanish deck 'baston' which means 'baton' or in other words, 'club'. The French name is retained in some other languages though, as with the Austrian German 'Treff' which would otherwise mean 'meeting' in German.
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