Etymology dictionary. 2014.
Truffle — Truf fle (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. {Tuber}, {Trifle}.] Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Truffle — or Truffles may refer to:* Tuber (genus), the edible truffles usually referred to when the word is used in connection with food * Chocolate truffle, a chocolate confection. * Various kinds of hypogeous fungi other than that mentioned above,… … Wikipedia
truffle — ► NOUN 1) an underground fungus that resembles a rough skinned potato, eaten as a delicacy. 2) a soft chocolate sweet. ► VERB (as noun truffling) ▪ hunting for truffles. ORIGIN obsolete French, perhaps from Latin tuber hump, swelling … English terms dictionary
truffle — [truf′əl] n. [< Fr truffe < OIt truffa < VL * trufera < Osco Umb * tufer, for L tuber: see TUBER] 1. any of an order (Tuberales) of fleshy, edible, potato shaped ascomycetous fungi that grow underground; esp., any of a European genus… … English World dictionary
truffle — truffled, adj. /truf euhl, trooh feuhl/, n. 1. any of several subterranean, edible, ascomycetous fungi of the genus Tuber. 2. any of various similar fungi of other genera. 3. a candy made of soft chocolate, shaped into a ball and dusted with… … Universalium
truffle — [16] English acquired truffle, probably via Dutch truffel, from early modern French truffle, a derivative of Old French truffe (which survives as the modern French term for the fungus). This in turn came via Provençal trufa from a Vulgar Latin… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
truffle — [16] English acquired truffle, probably via Dutch truffel, from early modern French truffle, a derivative of Old French truffe (which survives as the modern French term for the fungus). This in turn came via Provençal trufa from a Vulgar Latin… … Word origins
truffle — [[t]trʌ̱f(ə)l[/t]] truffles 1) N COUNT A truffle is a soft round sweet made with chocolate and usually flavoured with rum. 2) N COUNT A truffle is a round type of fungus which is expensive and considered very good to eat … English dictionary
truffle — UK [ˈtrʌf(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms truffle : singular truffle plural truffles 1) a soft chocolate sweet that often has alcohol in it 2) a fungus that grows under the ground and is very expensive to buy because people consider it a… … English dictionary
truffle — noun Etymology: modification of Middle French truffe, from Old Occitan trufa, from Vulgar Latin *tufera; akin to Latin tuber swelling, truffle more at tuber Date: 1591 1. a. the dark or light edible subterranean fruiting body of several European… … New Collegiate Dictionary
