vermicelli
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vermicelli
- /vəɹməˈsɛli/ US
- /vəɹməˈt͡ʃɛli/ US
Where it comes from
From Italian vermicelli, plural of vermicello (“little worm”), from verme (“worm”), from Latin vermis + -cello (“diminutive suffix”).
noun vermicellis
- Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner. 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 wi
- 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.
- Chocolate sprinkles.
Translations
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noun long, slender pasta
| Español | vermicelli |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 베르미첼리 bereumichelli |
| 日本語 | ヴェルミチェッリ verumicherri, 麺類 menrui |
| 中文 | 米粉 mǐfěn, 掛麵 /挂面 guàmiàn, 麵條 /面条 miàntiáo |
| हिन्दी | सेँवई sẽvaī, सेवँई sevãī, सेमई semaī, सेविका sevikā |
| Português | vermicelli, aletria |
| Français | vermicelle, vermicelles |
| Deutsch | Vermicelli, Fadennudeln |
| Italiano | vermicello, vermicelli |
| Ελληνικά | φιδές fidés, μαλλιά αγγέλου malliá angélou |
| Română | fidea |
| Русский | вермише́ль vermišélʹ, лапша́ lapšá |
| Tiếng Việt | mì sợi nhỏ, bún sợi nhỏ |
| العربية | إِطْرِيَة ʔiṭriya, شُعَيْرِيَّة šuʕayriyya |
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title = {vermicelli},
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