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Added 9 October 2026

truffle

/ˈtɹʌf.l̩/ noun

In Latin: tūber, tertufulus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about truffle at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe.
Edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber.
Creamy chocolate candy.

Origin

Borrowed from French trufle, a variant of truffe (whence also Danish and Norwegian trøffel, Swedish tryffel, German Trüffel), from Old Occitan trufa, a metathesis of Late Latin tufera (plural), from Latin tūber (“truffle”).

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