Meanings
plural chocolate truffles
- A confection having a center of ganache and an outer coating of powdered cocoa or chocolate.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From chocolate + truffle, so called because it resembles a black truffle, but is composed of chocolate.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian шокола́дов трю́фел
- шокола́дов трю́фел (šokoládov trjúfel)type of confection
Catalan trufa
- trufatype of confection
Chinese Mandarin 松露巧克力
- 松露巧克力 (sōnglù qiǎokèlì)type of confection
Finnish tryffeli, suklaatryffeli
- tryffelitype of confection
- suklaatryffelitype of confection
French truffe en chocolat
- truffe en chocolattype of confection
German Trüffel, Trüffelpraline
- Trüffeltype of confection
- Trüffelpralinetype of confection
Greek τρούφα
- τρούφα (troúfa)type of confection
Hungarian trüffel
- trüffeltype of confection
Italian tartufo, tartufo al cioccolato
- tartufotype of confection
- tartufo al cioccolatotype of confection
Polish trufla, trufel
- truflatype of confection
- trufeltype of confection
Portuguese trufa
- trufatype of confection
Russian трю́фель, шокола́дный трю́фель
- трю́фель (trjúfelʹ)type of confection
- шокола́дный трю́фель (šokoládnyj trjúfelʹ)type of confection
Spanish trufa
- trufatype of confection
Swedish chokladtryffel
- chokladtryffeltype of confection
Yiddish טרופֿליע, שאָקאָלאַד־טרופֿליע
- טרופֿליע (truflye)type of confection
- שאָקאָלאַד־טרופֿליע (shokolad-truflye)type of confection
Cite this entry
chocolate truffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chocolate%20truffle
“chocolate truffle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chocolate%20truffle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chocolate truffle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chocolate%20truffle.
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