Dictionary

vermicelli en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /vəɹməˈt͡ʃɛli/ (US)
• /vəɹməˈsɛli/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.
   • A favourite old cookbook (and a pile of parsley to use up) inspire this simple salsa verde – parsley, anchovies, capers, olives – in a fairytale tangle of vermicelli[.] 2021 May 10, Rachel Roddy, “Vermicelli alla Sophia Loren: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pasta with parsley pesto”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • They talked of the experiments of Dr. Darwin, (I speak not of what the Doctor really did, or said that he did, but, as more to my purpose, of what was then spoken of as having been done by him,) who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move with voluntary motion. 1831 October 15, Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, “Introduction”, in Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus (Standard Novels; IX), 3rd edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], published 31 October 1831, →OCLC, pages ix–x:
2. (uncountable, usually) Any type of long, thin noodles, as in rice vermicelli.
   • Super-thin rice noodles, or vermicelli, are de rigueur here, but as with pad thai the secret is all in the preparation. 2013 October 2, Felicity Cloake, “How to make perfect Singapore noodles”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
3. (UK, uncountable, usually) Chocolate sprinkles.

Forms

Deriveds

Chinese vermicelli

Descendants

veirmisilí

Translations (61)

ga veirmisilí (long, slender pasta) · ko 베르미첼리 (long, slender pasta) · be вэрмішэ́ль (long, slender pasta) · nl mihoen (long, slender pasta) · fa ورمیشل (long, slender pasta) · mzs lacassá (long, slender pasta) · pt aletria (long, slender pasta) · tr erişte (long, slender pasta) · cs vlasové nudle (long, slender pasta) · hi सेमई (long, slender pasta) · ar شُعَيْرِيَّة (long, slender pasta) · hy վերմիշել (long, slender pasta) · ja ヴェルミチェッリ (long, slender pasta) · fi vermiselli (long, slender pasta) · vo värmizäl (long, slender pasta) · cmn 麵條 /面条 (long, slender pasta) · ar إِطْرِيَة (long, slender pasta) · uk ло́кшина (long, slender pasta) · ms bihun (long, slender pasta) · fr vermicelle (long, slender pasta) · de Vermicelli (long, slender pasta) · vi mì sợi nhỏ (long, slender pasta) · yue 米粉 (long, slender pasta) · sa सेविका (long, slender pasta) · it vermicelli (long, slender pasta) · pt vermicelli (long, slender pasta) · ca fideu de cabell d'àngel (long, slender pasta) · ja 麺類 (long, slender pasta) · bg фиде́ (long, slender pasta) · vo värmizäls (long, slender pasta) · cmn 掛麵 /挂面 (long, slender pasta) · uk лапша́ (long, slender pasta) · el φιδές (long, slender pasta) · hi सेवँई (long, slender pasta) · el μαλλιά αγγέλου (long, slender pasta) · hi सेँवई (long, slender pasta) · be вермішэ́ль (long, slender pasta) · vi bún sợi nhỏ (long, slender pasta) · pl wermiszel (long, slender pasta) · it vermicello (long, slender pasta) · ru вермише́ль (long, slender pasta) · et vermišellid (long, slender pasta) · ro fidea (long, slender pasta) · es vermicelli (long, slender pasta) · ru лапша́ (long, slender pasta) · az vermişel (long, slender pasta) · be ло́кшына (long, slender pasta) · eo vermiĉelo (long, slender pasta) · bo ཕིང (long, slender pasta) · yue 麵線 /面线 (long, slender pasta) · hu cérnametélt (long, slender pasta) · uz vermishel (long, slender pasta) · de Fadennudeln (long, slender pasta) · fr vermicelles (long, slender pasta) · nl vermicelli (long, slender pasta) · ka ვერმიშელი (long, slender pasta) · lt vermišeliai (long, slender pasta) · hi सेविका (long, slender pasta) · uk верміше́ль (long, slender pasta) · cmn 米粉 (long, slender pasta) · sv vermicelli (long, slender pasta)