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truffe

American  
[tryf] / trüf /

noun

French.
  1. truffle.

  2. Slang. peasant; boor.


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The local chefs say the recipe's name comes from the word "truffe," which meant potato in Langue d'Oc, a dialect spoken in the southern half of the country in medieval France.

From US News • Jul. 6, 2016

Les filets de volaille à la concordat--les croustades de truffe garniés de foies à la royale, le faison étoffe à la Montpensier, les perdreaux rouges farcis à la bohemienne.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

What do they wish for? a dinde truffe at the second course.

From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette

This was several years before Parmentier had extended the use of the potato, or "truffe rouge," as it was first called, over other parts of France.

From Brittany & Its Byways by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.