noodle
English
/nuːdl̩/
noun
Definitions
- (usually) a string or strip of pasta
- (colloquial) a person with poor judgement; a fool
- (colloquial) the brain, the head
- (colloquial) a pool noodle
Etymology
Derived from Dutch, Flemish noedel (noodle) derived from German Nudel (noodle, pasta, piece of pasta), Knödel (dumpling), Knoten (knot) derived from Latin minutulus (very small, tiny), nodulus (little knot).
Origin
Latin
nodulus
Gloss
little knot
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fish English
- head English
- noodleburger English
- noodledom English
- noodlefish English
- noodlehead English
- noodleism English
- noodlelike English
- noodlemania English
- noodler English
- noodly English
- rice English
- rice noodle English
- knöödeli Finnish
- minutulus Latin
- nodulus Latin
- nōdus Latin
- Autobahnknoten German
- Fruchtknoten German
- Haarknoten German
- Knoten German
- Knotenpunkt German
- Knotenschrift German
- Knödel German
- Nudel German
- Nudelholz German
- Nudelsuppe German
- Nudelteig German
- Reisnudel German
- Semmelknödel German
- Skandalnudel German
- noedel Dutch, Flemish
- nouille French
- quenelle French
- nudel Norwegian Bokmål
- ヌードル Japanese
- nudel Norwegian Nynorsk
- nudel Danish
- knedlík Czech
- knedl Serbo-Croatian
- кнедла Serbo-Croatian
- nudla Faroese
- knote Middle High German
- Nuddel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 누들 Korean
- nudal Tok Pisin