truffle

Significat (Anglès)

1. Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).

Conceptes

tòfona

trufa

Sinònims

earthnut

chocolate truffle

earth-ball

fungus

lichen

morel

Traduccions

truffe

Trüffel

trufa

tartufo

trufa

truffel

τρούφα

rabassa

túbera

trüffel

tuber

kiyarik

truffe en chocolat

دۆمهڵان

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈtɹʌf.l̩/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb noruec: trøffel

Cognat amb suec: tryffel

Cognat amb alemany: Trüffel

In summary

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”).