tartufo

== English == === Etymology === From Italian tartufo. Doublet of tartuffe. === Noun === tartufo (usually uncountable, plural tartufos or tartufi) An Italian dessert consisting of a ball of ice cream coated in chocolate, with a cherry inside. === Further reading === tartufo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Esperanto == === Etymology === From the character Tartuffe (in Esperanto: Tartufo) in the theatrical comedy Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur by Molière. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tarˈtufo/ Rhymes: -ufo Syllabification: tar‧tu‧fo === Noun === tartufo (accusative singular tartufon, plural tartufoj, accusative plural tartufojn) tartuffe, hypocrite Synonym: hipokritulo == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tarˈtu.fo/ Rhymes: -ufo Hyphenation: tar‧tù‧fo === Etymology 1 === From Latin terrae tuber (“tuber of the earth”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) ==== Noun ==== tartufo m (plural tartufi) (botany) truffle ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: та̀ртуф Latin script: tàrtuf → Slovene: tartuf ⇒ Italian: tartufolo (diminutive) → Alemannic German: artuffula → Bavarian: gartufela, kartufula → German: Tartuffel, Tartüffel, Kartoffel→ Albanian: kërtollë→ Bulgarian: картоф (kartof)→ Danish: kartoffel→ Icelandic: kartafla→ English: kartoffel→ Estonian: kartul→ Latvian: kartupelis→ Polish: kartofel→ Romanian: cartof→ Russian: карто́фель (kartófelʹ) (see there for further descendants)⇒ Russian: карто́шка (kartóška) (diminutive) (see there for further descendants)→ Ukrainian: картопля (kartoplja)→ Yiddish: קאַרטאָפֿל (kartofl) → German Low German: Kantüffel, Kartuffel, Kartüffel, Kortüffel → Estonian: kartul → Latvian: kartupelis → Hunsrik: Kartoffel === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French tartuffe, from the name of the protagonist Tartuffe in the play of the same name by Molière, from Italian tartufo. ==== Noun ==== tartufo m (plural tartufi) (idiomatic) hypocrite; tartuffe === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tartufo first-person singular present indicative of tartufare === Further reading === tartufo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary tartufo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa tartùfo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication tartufo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore === Anagrams === fatturo, fatturò == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tartuffe, from the protagonist Tartuffe in the play of the same name by Molière. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taɾˈtufo/ [t̪aɾˈt̪u.fo] Rhymes: -ufo Syllabification: tar‧tu‧fo === Adjective === tartufo (feminine tartufa, masculine plural tartufos, feminine plural tartufas) hypocritical === Further reading === “tartufo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025