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Webster 1913 Edition

Truffle

Truf′fle

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[OF.
trufle
, F.
truffe
; akin to Sp.
trufa
,
tartufo
; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L.
tuber
a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf.
Tuber
,
Trifle
.]
Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (
Tuber melanosporum
) and the English truffle (
Tuber aestivum
) are much esteemed as articles of food.
Truffle worm
(Zool.)
,
the larva of a fly of the genus
Leiodes
, injurious to truffles.

Webster 1828 Edition

Truffle

TRUF'FLE

,
Noun.
A subterraneous vegetable production, or a kind of mushroom, of a fleshy fungous structure and roundish figure; an esculent substance, much esteemed. It is of the genus Tuber.

Definition 2025

truffle

truffle

English

Noun

truffle ‎(plural truffles)

  1. Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
  2. Abbreviation of chocolate truffle. (A creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder.)

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References

  1. ↑ Etymology in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm: im Laufe des 18. Jahrhunderts entlehnt aus Französischem neben gewöhnlichem truffe stehendem truffle
  2. ↑ Etymology in ODS: "eng. truffle; fra fr. trufle (truffe)"
  3. ↑ Le Robert pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française, Janvier 2004, p. 1144, truffe

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Etymology

The word in the Germanic languages (except Icelandic) is a loanword from French truffe (previously trufle)[1] (whence Danish and Norwegian trøffel, Swedish tryffel, German Trüffel)[2], which originates from Old Provençal.[3]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʌfəl

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