truffle

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
  2. noun edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
  3. noun creamy chocolate candy

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

earthnut, earth-ball

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