truffle

English

Etymology

The word in the Germanic languages (except Icelandic) is a loanword from French truffe (previously trufle) (whence Danish and Norwegian trøffel, German Trüffel), which originates from Old Provençal

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌfəl

Noun

Wikipedia truffle (plural truffles)

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

Translations

tuber

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 松露 (cmn) (sōnglù)

• Crimean Tatar: domalan
• Finnish: tryffeli (fi)
• French: truffe (fr) f
• German: Trüffel (de) f
• Icelandic: jarðkeppur (is)
• Irish: strufal (ga) m

• Italian: tartufo (it) m
• Japanese: トリュフ (ja) (toryufu)
• Kurdish: kiyarik, دۆمه‌ڵان
• Polish: trufla (pl) f
• Portuguese: trufa (pt) f
• Russian: трюфель (ru) (trjúfelʹ) m
• Slovene: tartuf (sl) m, gomoljika (sl) f
• Spanish: trufa (es) f

confection

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 松露 (cmn) (sōnglù) (巧克力)

• Finnish: tryffeli (fi)
• French: truffe en chocolat (fr) f
• German: Trüffel (de) f

• Italian: tartufo (it) m
• Portuguese: trufa (pt) f
• Russian: трюфель (ru) (trjúfelʹ) m

Derived terms

• black truffle
• Chinese truffle
• truffle oil
• white truffle

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