vermicelli

English

Etymology

From Italian vermicelli, plural of vermicello (“little worm”), from verme (“worm”), from Latin vermis + -cello (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

vermicelli (usually uncountable, plural vermicellis)

Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.
Any type of long, thin noodles, as in rice vermicelli.
(UK) Chocolate sprinkles.

Descendants

→ Irish: veirmisilí

Translations

long, slender pasta

Arabic: إِطْرِيَة‎ f (ʔiṭriya), شُعَيْرٍيَّة‎ f (šuʕayrinyya)
Armenian: վերմիշել (hy) (vermišel)
Azerbaijani: vermişel
Belarusian: вермішэ́ль f (vjermišélʹ), вэрмішэ́ль f (vermišélʹ), ло́кшына f (lókšyna)
Bulgarian: фиде́ n (fidé)
Catalan: fideu de cabell d'àngel (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 米粉 (mai⁵ fan²) (rice), 麵線／面线 (min⁶ sin⁴) (wheat), 天使麵／天使面 (tin¹ si³ min⁶) (capellini, angel hair pasta)

Mandarin: 米粉 (zh) (mǐfěn), 掛麵／挂面 (zh) (guàmiàn), 麵條／面条 (zh) (miàntiáo)
Dutch: vermicelli (nl) m, mihoen (nl) m (rice)
Esperanto: vermiĉelo
Estonian: vermišellid pl
Finnish: vermiselli
French: vermicelle (fr) f, vermicelles (fr) f pl
Georgian: ვერმიშელი (vermišeli)
German: Nudeln (de) f pl, Vermicelli f pl, Fadennudeln f pl
Greek: φιδές (el) m (fidés), μαλλιά αγγέλου n pl (malliá angélou)
Hindi: सेँवई (hi) f (sẽvaī), सेवँई (hi) f (sevãī), सेमई (hi) f (semaī), सेविका (hi) f (sevikā)
Hungarian: cérnametélt (hu)
Irish: veirmisilí m
Italian: vermicello m, vermicelli m pl
Japanese: ヴェルミチェッリ (verumicherri), 麺類 (ja) (めんるい, menrui)
Korean: 베르미첼리 (bereumichelli)
Malay: bihun
Persian: ورمیشل‎ (fa) (vermišel)
Polish: wermiszel m
Portuguese: vermicelli m, aletria (pt) f
Romanian: fidea (ro) f
Russian: вермише́ль (ru) f (vermišélʹ), лапша́ (ru) f (lapšá)
Sanskrit: सेविका (sa) f (sevikā)
Spanish: vermicelli m
Swedish: vermicelli (sv) c
Tibetan: ཕིང (phing)
Ukrainian: верміше́ль f (vermišélʹ), ло́кшина (uk) f (lókšyna), лапша́ f (lapšá)
Uzbek: vermishel (uz)
Vietnamese: mì sợi nhỏ (egg noodles), bún sợi nhỏ (rice noodles)
Volapük: (singular) värmizäl, (plural) värmizäls

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ver.miˈt͡ʃɛl.li/
Rhymes: -ɛlli
Hyphenation: ver‧mi‧cèl‧li

Noun

vermicelli m pl

plural of vermicello

Portuguese

Noun

vermicelli m (plural vermicellis)

vermicelli (long, slender pasta)
Synonym: aletria

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