truffle

Meaning

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”).

Synonyms

earthnut

chocolate truffle

earth-ball

fungus

lichen

morel

Translations

truffe

Trüffel

trufa

trufa

tartufo

truffel

tòfona

trufa

τρούφα

rabassa

kiyarik

trüffel

tuber

دۆمهڵان

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹʌf.l̩/

Etymology

Cognate with Norwegian: trøffel

Cognate with Swedish: tryffel

Cognate with German: 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”).