truffle
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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 Occitan.[3]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
truffle (plural truffles)
- Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
- Synonym: earthnut
- (by analogy) Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
tuber
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chocolate truffle — see chocolate truffle
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Etymology in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm: im Laufe des 18. Jahrhunderts entlehnt aus Französischem neben gewöhnlichem truffe stehendem truffle
- ^ Etymology in ODS: "eng. truffle; fra fr. trufle (truffe)"
- ^ Le Robert pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française, Janvier 2004, p. 1144, truffe