omelette

om·e·let

also om·e·lette  (ŏm′ə-lĭt, ŏm′lĭt)

n.

A dish consisting of beaten eggs cooked until set and folded over, often around a filling.

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[French omelette, from Old French amlette, alteration of alumette, variant of alumelle, probably from (la) lemelle, (the) knife blade, from Latin lāmella, diminutive of lāmina, thin plate.]

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omelette

(ˈɒmlɪt) or

omelet

n

(Cookery) a savoury or sweet dish of beaten eggs cooked in fat

[C17: from French omelette, changed from alumette, from alumelle sword blade, changed by mistaken division from la lemelle, from Latin (see lamella); apparently from the flat shape of the omelette]

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omelet, omelette - Omelet has also been written omelette, amulet, and aumelet; omelet's root sense is "thin layer" or "crepe," and it was first described in English as a "pancake of eggs."

See also related terms for pancake.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

omelette - beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly omelet dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" firm omelet - eggs beaten with milk or cream and cooked until set fluffy omelet - souffle-like omelet made by beating and adding the whites separately egg foo yong, egg fu yung - omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish

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Translations

أُومْلِيتُ

omeleta

omelet

Omelett

ομελέτα

tortilla

munakasomeletti

omelette

חביתה

omlet

omletttojáslepény

eggjakaka

frittataomelette

オムレツ

오믈렛

omletas

omlete

omelet

omelett

omlet

omeletaomelete

омлет

omeleta

omleta

omelett

ไข่เจียว

omlet

trứng ốp lết

煎蛋

omelette

omelet [ˈɒmlɪt ˈɒmlət] n → omelette f
cheese omelette → omelette au fromage omelette panomelette pan n → poêle f à frire

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omelette

, (US) omelet

n → Omelett(e) nt; you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs (Prov) → wo gehobelt wird, da fallen Späne (Prov)

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omelette

omelet [ˈɒmlɪt] n → frittata, omelette f inv
ham/cheese omelette → omelette al prosciutto/al formaggio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

omelette,

omelet

(ˈomlit) noun

eggs beaten and fried sometimes with vegetables, meat etc. a mushroom omelette. omelet عِجَّة بَيْض омлет omelete omeleta das Omlett omelet ομελέταtortilla omlett املت munakas omeletteחביתה आमलेट omlet omlett telur dadar eggjakaka omelette, frittata オムレツ 오믈렛 omletas omlete omelet omeletomelettomlet امليت omelete omletă омлет omeleta omleta omlet omelett ไข่เจียว omlet 炒蛋，煎蛋 яєчня; омлет آمليٹ، سبزے کے ساتھ ملا ہوا انڈا trứng tráng 炒蛋，煎蛋

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omelette

→ أُومْلِيتُ omeleta omelet Omelett ομελέτα tortilla munakas omelette omlet omelette オムレツ 오믈렛 omelet omelett omlet omeleta, omelete омлет omelett ไข่เจียว omlet trứng ốp lết 煎蛋

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