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truffle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹʊf.l̩/ Northern England, Dublin
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtɹʌf.l̩/

Etymology

Borrowed from French trufle, a variant of truffe (whence also Danish and Norwegian trøffel, Swedish tryffel, German Trüffel), from Old Occitan trufa, a metathesis of Late Latin tufera (plural), from Latin tūber (“truffle”).

Meanings

1. Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
   • In ancient times, the Romans imported truffles, credited with marked aphrodisiac virtue, from Libya as well as Greece. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 137:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, qualifier:by analogy) Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).
   alt of chocolate truffle

Forms

Deriveds

false truffle · truffle butter · truffle shuffle · pecan truffle · magic truffle · truffle pig · truffle hunting · truffly · truffling · truffle oil · Chinese truffle · truffle hunter · truffled · truffle hog · desert truffle · white truffle · truffler · truffley · chocolate truffle · black truffle · trufflelike · corn truffle

Synonyms

earthnut

Translations (69)

grc ὕδνον (tuber) · apc كماية (tuber) · mk тартуф (tuber) · fi tryffeli (tuber) · ko 송로 (tuber) · hy գետնասունկ (tuber) · el ύτανο (tuber) · ro trufă (tuber) · fr truffe (tuber) · es trufa (tuber) · cy cloronen Ffrengig (tuber) · fo trøfla (tuber) · ar كَمْأَة (tuber) · sh та̀ртуф (tuber) · pt trufa (tuber) · nl truffel (tuber) · be тру́фля (tuber) · eo trufo (tuber) · crh domalan (tuber) · la tertufulus (tuber) · tr domuz elması (tuber) · et trühvel (tuber) · tl trupo (tuber) · sh tàrtuf (tuber) · fa قارچ دمبلان (tuber) · eu boilur (tuber) · sl tartuf (tuber) · ga strufal (tuber) · he כְּמֵהִין (tuber) · yue 塊菌 /块菌 (tuber) · sv tryffel (tuber) · af truffel (tuber) · de Trüffel (tuber) · ja 西洋松露 (tuber) · axm բողբուճ (tuber) · az dombalan (tuber) · af knolswam (tuber) · ckb دۆمەڵان (tuber) · tr keme (tuber) · pt túbera (tuber) · ja トリュフ (tuber) · ko 송로버섯 (tuber) · is jarðkeppur (tuber) · ru трю́фель (tuber) · be тру́фель (tuber) · bg трю́фел (tuber) · da trøffel (tuber) · pl trufla (tuber) · cy cloronen y moch (tuber) · ca tòfona (tuber) · cmn 松露 (tuber) · cy cloronen (tuber) · sk hľuzovka (tuber) · yi טריפֿל (tuber) · tr domalan (tuber) · ota یر الماسی (tuber) · kmr kiyarik (tuber) · tr trüf mantarı (tuber) · yi טרופֿל (tuber) · he כְּמֵהָה (tuber) · la tūber (tuber) · cs lanýž (tuber) · el τρούφα (tuber) · hu szarvasgomba (tuber) · uk трюфель (tuber) · yi טרופֿליע (tuber) · hy դոմբալա (tuber) · sl gomoljika (tuber) · it tartufo (tuber)