- vermicelli
- 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.
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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 — 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
