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tartuffe

/tɑɹˈtuːf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
tartuffe
IPA
/tɑɹˈtuːf/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A religious hypocrite.

Etymology

From French tartuffe, from the protagonist Tartuffe (from Italian tartufo (“truffle”)) in the play of the same name by Molière. Doublet of tartufo.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

tartuffes (plural)

Derived Forms

tartuffian tartufian tartuffery tartufery tartuffish tartufish tartuffism tartufism

Synonyms

tartufe

Rhymes With

proof roof smoke proof oof woof spoof hoof aloof goof poof doof reproof

Questions

How do you pronounce tartuffe?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɑɹˈtuːf/.
What does tartuffe mean?
A religious hypocrite.
Where does tartuffe come from?
It is traced to French.

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