noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈtɹʌf.l̩/
/ˈtɹʊf.l̩/Northern England, Dublin
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rhymes with -ʌfəl
CMU ARPABET:T R AH1 F AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: earthnut
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Qualifier: by analogy
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
creamy chocolate candy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chocolate truffle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: candy, confect
4
noun
Meaning 4
edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: earthnut
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vegetable, veggie, veg
5
noun
Meaning 5
any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: earthnut, earth-ball
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fungus
History
Etymology
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”).
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Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
