- vermicelli
- noun Etymology: Italian, from plural of vermicello, diminutive of verme worm, from Latin vermis Date: 1669 pasta made in long solid strings smaller in diameter than spaghetti
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Vermicelli — (pronEng|ˌvɜrmɪˈtʃɛli in English, Arabic: شعريه, from Italian /IPA|veɾmiˈtʃɛlːi/ lit. “little worms”) is a type of pasta, round in section and somewhat thinner than spaghetti. Vermicelloni ((pronEng|ˌvɜrmɪtʃɛ ləʊni), “thick vermicelli”) is less… … Wikipedia
Vermicelli — [vɛrmi tʃɛlli; italienisch, von lateinisch vermiculus »Würmchen«] Plural, Fadennudeln. * * * Ver|mi|cel|li [vɛrmi tʃɛli] <Pl.> [ital. vermicelli, eigtl. = kleine Würmer, Vkl. von: verme = Wurm < lat. vermis, ↑vermeil]: Fadennudeln … Universal-Lexikon
vermicelli — kind of pasta, 1660s, lit. little worms, from It. vermicelli, pl. of vermicello, dim. of verme, acc. singular of L. vermis worm (see WORM (Cf. worm)). So called for resemblance … Etymology dictionary
Vermicelli — Ver mi*cel li, n. [It., pl. of vermicello, literally, a little worm, dim. of verme a worm, L. vermis. See {Worm}, and cf. {Vermicule}, {Vermeil}.] The flour of a hard and small grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vermicelli — (ital., spr. Wermitschelli), seine Nudeln, Maccaroni … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Vermicelli — (spr. wermitschellī), s. Nudeln … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Vermicelli — Vermicelli, italienische Nudeln, und zwar eigentlich solche, welche die Gestalt von kleinen Regenwürmern haben, – Fadennudeln … Damen Conversations Lexikon
Vermicelli — (–itschelli), ital. (d.h. Würmchen), seine Nudeln, Maccaroni … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
vermicelli — (izg. vermičȅli) m mn DEFINICIJA reg. tanki rezanci; bigule ETIMOLOGIJA tal. ← vermicello: bigula ≃ lat. vermiculus: crvić … Hrvatski jezični portal
vermicelli — ► PLURAL NOUN 1) pasta made in long slender threads. 2) Brit. shreds of chocolate used to decorate cakes. ORIGIN Italian, little worms … English terms dictionary
vermicelli — [vʉr΄mə sel′ē, vʉr΄məchel′ē] n. [It, pl. of vermicello, lit., little worm < L vermiculus, dim. of vermis, a WORM] pasta like spaghetti, but in thinner strings … English World dictionary
