← All words
noun, masculine

cèpe

/sɛp/

noun, masculine/sɛp/plural: cèpes

cep, porcini (edible mushroom, Boletus edulis)

A shortened form of cèpe de Bordeaux; from the Gascon (dialect of Occitan) cep (literally “trunk”), in reference to the mushroom's fat stalk, from Latin cippus. Doublet of cep, cippe, and sep.

cèpe — French Dictionary | Passage