truffle
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truffle
- /ˈtɹʌf.l̩/
- /ˈtɹʊf.l̩/
Rhymes with -ʌfəl
Where it comes from
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”).
noun truffles
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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.
Similar: earthnut
- Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: earthnut, chocolate truffle, earth-ball, nose, jerk, deceit, cheating, fraud, desert truffle, black truffle, white truffle, chinese truffle, terfez, treenut, tiger nut, tigernut
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Talk about this word "truffle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/truffle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. truffle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/truffle "truffle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/truffle.Cite this
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title = {truffle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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