vermicelle
French, noun/vɛʁ.mi.sɛl/
vermicelle is spelled V-E-R-M-I-C-E-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vermicelle is a French masculine noun meaning “vermicelli” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de pâte passée à la filière, mince et longue, que l’on met dans le potage, ou qui sert à confectionner…”.
What does vermicelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevermicelli
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de pâte passée à la filière, mince et longue, que l’on met dans le potage, ou qui sert à confectionner des plats. 2. Potage fait avec cette pâte. 3. Dessert à base de purée de châtaignes pressée sur un biscuit croquant, servi dans un petit pot. 4. Toutes sortes de choses ayant une forme fine et courte.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vermicelle
- vermicelles plural
- vermicel
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vermicelle?
- /vɛʁ.mi.sɛl/
- \vɛʁ.mi.sɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vermicelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vermicelle in French?
vermicelle appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).