Meanings
plural truffles
- Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
In ancient times, the Romans imported truffles, credited with marked aphrodisiac virtue, from Libya as well as Greece.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 137Synonyms: earthnut
- abbreviationellipsisby analogyEllipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latintūber“truffle”
- Late Latintufera
- Old Occitantrufa
- Frenchtrufle
- Englishtruffle
Borrowed from French trufle, a variant of truffe (whence also Danish and Norwegian trøffel, Swedish tryffel, German Trüffel), from Old Occitan trufa, a metathesis of Late Latin tufera (plural), from Latin tūber (“truffle”).
More words from French, Old Occitan, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans truffel, knolswam
- truffeltuber
- knolswamtuber
Ancient Greek ὕδνον
- ὕδνον (húdnon)tuber
Arabic كَمْأَة
- كَمْأَة (kamʔa)tuber
Basque boilur
- boilurtuber
Bulgarian трю́фел
- трю́фел (trjúfel)tuber
Catalan tòfona
- tòfonatuber
Chinese Cantonese 塊菌 /块菌
- 塊菌 /块菌 (faai³ kwan²)tuber
Chinese Mandarin 松露
- 松露 (sōnglù)tuber
Czech lanýž
- lanýžtuber
Danish trøffel
- trøffeltuber
Dutch truffel
- truffeltuber
Esperanto trufo
- trufotuber
Estonian trühvel
- trühveltuber
Finnish tryffeli
- tryffelituber
French truffe
- truffetuber
German Trüffel
- Trüffeltuber
Greek ύτανο, τρούφα
- ύτανο (ýtano)tuber
- τρούφα (troúfa)tuber
Hebrew כְּמֵהָה, כְּמֵהִין
- כְּמֵהָה (kmehá)tuber
- כְּמֵהִין (kmehín)tuber
Hungarian szarvasgomba
- szarvasgombatuber
Icelandic jarðkeppur
- jarðkeppurtuber
Irish strufal
- strufaltuber
Italian tartufo
- tartufotuber
Japanese 西洋松露, トリュフ
- 西洋松露 (seiyōshōro)tuber
- トリュフ (toryufu)tuber
Korean 송로버섯, 송로
- 송로버섯 (songnobeoseot)tuber
- 송로 (songno)tuber
Latin tūber, tertufulus
- tūbertuber
- tertufulustuber
Persian قارچ دمبلان
- قارچ دمبلان (qârč-e dombalân)tuber
Polish trufla
- truflatuber
Portuguese trufa, túbera
- trufatuber
- túberatuber
Romanian trufă
- trufătuber
Russian трю́фель
- трю́фель (trjúfelʹ)tuber
Slovak hľuzovka
- hľuzovkatuber
Spanish trufa
- trufatuber
Swedish tryffel
- tryffeltuber
Tagalog trupo
- trupotuber
Turkish domalan, keme
- domalantuber
- kemetuber
- trüf mantarıtuber
- domuz elmasıtuber
Ukrainian трюфель
- трюфель (trjufelʹ)tuber
Welsh cloronen, cloronen y moch
- cloronentuber
- cloronen y mochtuber
- cloronen Ffrengigtuber
Yiddish טרופֿליע, טריפֿל
- טרופֿליע (truflye)tuber
- טריפֿל (trifl)tuber
- טרופֿל (trufl)tuber
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with truffle
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Cite this entry
truffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truffle
“truffle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truffle. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “truffle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truffle.
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