truffe

French

Etymology

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From Old Occitan trufa, ultimately from Latin tuber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁyf/

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Noun

truffe f (plural truffes)

1. (cooking) truffle (edible fungi)
2. (cooking) chocolate truffle

   Synonyms: truffe au chocolat, truffe en chocolat

3. (zoology) nose of a dog

Descendants

• → Greek: τρούφα (troúfa)
• → Romanian: trufă

Verb

truffe

1. first-person singular present indicative of truffer
2. third-person singular present indicative of truffer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of truffer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of truffer
5. second-person singular imperative of truffer

Gallery

• 
  Une truffe. (sense 1)
• 
  Truffes en chocolat. (sense 2)
• 
  La truffe d'un chien. (sense 3)

Further reading

• “truffe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

truffe f

1. plural of truffa