tartufo

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noun

An Italian dessert consisting of a ball of ice cream coated in chocolate, with a cherry inside.

OriginItalian tartufo →
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Meanings

nountartufo (usually uncountable, plural tartufos or tartufi)

plural tartufos · plural tartufi

  1. uncountableusuallyAn Italian dessert consisting of a ball of ice cream coated in chocolate, with a cherry inside.

    He watched a boy and a girl jump rope and a waiter carry a silver tray of tartufo.

    2015 August, Anita Hughes, chapter 16, in Rome in Love, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 143

Origin

  1. Italiantartufo
  2. Englishtartufo

From Italian tartufo. Doublet of tartuffe.

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APA

tartufo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tartufo

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Chicago

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