vermicelli
English
noun
Definitions
- Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.
- Any type of long, thin noodles, as in rice vermicelli.
- (UK) Chocolate sprinkles.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian vermicelli (little worms) derived from Latin vermis (worm, a worm).
Origin
Latin
vermis
Gloss
worm, a worm
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- varmint English
- vermiform English
- vermifugal English
- vermisol English
- *verminum Latin
- vermiformis Latin
- verminem, *vermen Latin
- vermis Latin
- vermicelli Italian
- vermicello Italian
- ver French
- vermicelle French
- вермише́ль Russian
- вермишель Russian
- verme Spanish, Castilian
- *wr̥mis Proto-Indo-European
- veirmisilí Irish
- verm Old French
- vermiĉelo Esperanto
- yermu Aromanian
- 베르미첼리 Korean
- vearm Romansh
- verm Romansh
- vierm Romansh
- verm Old Occitan
- vemmu Sicilian
- vermo Venetian
- vermu Corsican