truffle
English
/ˈtɹʌ.fəl/
noun
Definitions
- Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber (Tuber), that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
- (by analogy)
Etymology
Borrowed from French truffe (truffle).
Origin
French
truffe
Gloss
truffle
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- black English
- black truffle English
- chocolate English
- chocolate truffle English
- hog English
- oil English
- truffière English
- truffle hog English
- truffle oil English
- truffled English
- trufflelike English
- truffley English
- truffling English
- truffly English
- white English
- white truffle English
- tūber Latin
- Trüffel German
- tartufolo Italian
- truffe French
- трюфель Russian
- chokladtryffel Swedish
- tryffel Swedish
- trøffel Danish
- trufo Esperanto
- trufă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Trüffel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- trufa Old Occitan