Truffle Definition
- earthnut
- earth-ball
- chocolate-truffle
Other Word Forms of Truffle
Noun
Origin of Truffle
-
Alteration of French trufe from Old French from Old Provençal trufa from Vulgar Latin tūfera truffles from dialectal variant of Latin tūber lump teuə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
-
The word in the Germanic languages (except Icelandic) is a loanword from French truffe (previously trufle) (whence Danish and Norwegian trøffel, German Trüffel), which originates from Old Provençal
From Wiktionary
Truffle Is Also Mentioned In
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to truffle using the buttons below.