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tartufo

tartufo noun: an Italian dessert consisting of a ball of ice cream coated in chocolate, with a cherry inside.

tartufo: an Italian dessert consisting of a ball of ice cream coated in chocolate, with a cherry inside
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Noun

tartufo (usually uncountable, plural tartufos or tartufi)

  1. (usually) An Italian dessert consisting of a ball of ice cream coated in chocolate, with a cherry inside.
    • He watched a boy and a girl jump rope and a waiter carry a silver tray of tartufo.2015 August, Anita Hughes, chapter 16, in Rome in Love, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 143

Forms of tartufo

pluraltartufos
pluraltartufi

Origin of tartufo

From Italian tartufo. Doublet of tartuffe.

Questions about tartufo

What does tartufo mean?
Tartufo means an Italian dessert consisting of a ball of ice cream coated in chocolate, with a cherry inside.
What part of speech is tartufo?
Tartufo is a noun.
What is the plural of tartufo?
The plural of tartufo is tartufos.

Words near tartufo in the dictionary

  1. tartuffite
  2. tartufi
  3. tartufian
  4. tartufish
  5. tartufism
  6. tartufo
  7. tartufos
  8. Tartus
  9. tartwoman
  10. tartwomen
  11. tarty

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