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vermicelli

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /vəɹməˈsɛli/
  • US: /vəɹməˈt͡ʃɛli/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any type of long, thin noodles, as in rice vermicelli.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Chocolate sprinkles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pasta, alimentary paste

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِطْرِيَة (ʔiṭriya) — long, slender pasta
  • Arabic: شُعَيْرِيَّة (šuʕayriyya) — long, slender pasta
  • Armenian: վերմիշել (vermišel) — long, slender pasta
  • Azerbaijani: vermişel — long, slender pasta
  • Belarusian: вермішэ́ль (vjermišélʹ) — long, slender pasta
  • Belarusian: вэрмішэ́ль (vermišélʹ) — long, slender pasta
  • Belarusian: ло́кшына (lókšyna) — long, slender pasta
  • Bulgarian: фиде́ (fidé) — long, slender pasta
  • Catalan: fideu de cabell d'àngel — long, slender pasta
  • Chinese Cantonese: 米粉 — long, slender pasta
  • Chinese Cantonese: 麵線 /面线 — long, slender pasta
  • Chinese Mandarin: 米粉 (mǐfěn) — long, slender pasta
  • Chinese Mandarin: 掛麵 /挂面 (guàmiàn) — long, slender pasta
  • Chinese Mandarin: 麵條 /面条 (miàntiáo) — long, slender pasta
  • Czech: vlasové nudle — long, slender pasta
  • Dutch: vermicelli — long, slender pasta
  • Dutch: mihoen — long, slender pasta
  • Esperanto: vermiĉelo — long, slender pasta
  • Estonian: vermišellid — long, slender pasta
  • Finnish: vermiselli — long, slender pasta
  • French: vermicelle — long, slender pasta
  • French: vermicelles — long, slender pasta
  • Georgian: ვერმიშელი (vermišeli) — long, slender pasta
  • German: Vermicelli — long, slender pasta
  • German: Fadennudeln — long, slender pasta
  • Greek: φιδές (fidés) — long, slender pasta
  • Greek: μαλλιά αγγέλου (malliá angélou) — long, slender pasta
  • Hindi: सेँवई (sẽvaī) — long, slender pasta
  • Hindi: सेवँई (sevãī) — long, slender pasta
  • Hindi: सेमई (semaī) — long, slender pasta
  • Hindi: सेविका (sevikā) — long, slender pasta
  • Hungarian: cérnametélt — long, slender pasta
  • Irish: veirmisilí — long, slender pasta
  • Italian: vermicello — long, slender pasta
  • Italian: vermicelli — long, slender pasta
  • Japanese: ヴェルミチェッリ (verumicherri) — long, slender pasta
  • Japanese: 麺類 (menrui) — long, slender pasta
  • Korean: 베르미첼리 (bereumichelli) — long, slender pasta
  • Lithuanian: vermišeliai — long, slender pasta
  • Macanese: lacassá — long, slender pasta
  • Malay: bihun — long, slender pasta
  • Persian: ورمیشل (vermišel) — long, slender pasta
  • Polish: wermiszel — long, slender pasta
  • Portuguese: vermicelli — long, slender pasta
  • Portuguese: aletria — long, slender pasta
  • Romanian: fidea — long, slender pasta
  • Russian: вермише́ль (vermišélʹ) — long, slender pasta
  • Russian: лапша́ (lapšá) — long, slender pasta
  • Sanskrit: सेविका (sevikā) — long, slender pasta
  • Spanish: vermicelli — long, slender pasta
  • Swedish: vermicelli — long, slender pasta
  • Tibetan: ཕིང (phing) — long, slender pasta
  • Turkish: erişte — long, slender pasta
  • Ukrainian: верміше́ль (vermišélʹ) — long, slender pasta
  • Ukrainian: ло́кшина (lókšyna) — long, slender pasta
  • Ukrainian: лапша́ (lapšá) — long, slender pasta
  • Uzbek: vermishel — long, slender pasta
  • Vietnamese: mì sợi nhỏ — long, slender pasta
  • Vietnamese: bún sợi nhỏ — long, slender pasta
  • Volapük: värmizäl — long, slender pasta
  • Volapük: värmizäls — long, slender pasta