vermicelli

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

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