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truffle

/ˈtɹʌf.l̩/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
truf-fle
IPA
/ˈtɹʌf.l̩/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.

noun

Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).

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Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *tewh₂-, trufa, tufera, tūber

Inflected Forms

truffles (plural)

Derived Forms

truffled trufflelike truffler truffley truffling truffly

Phrases

black truffle Chinese truffle chocolate truffle corn truffle desert truffle false truffle magic truffle pecan truffle

Synonyms

earthnut chocolate truffle earth-ball

Rhymes With

shuffle reshuffle scuffle ruffle duffel kerfuffle muffle duffell kuffel snuffle buffle scruffle

Questions

How do you pronounce truffle?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹʌf.l̩/.
What does truffle mean?
Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
Where does truffle come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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