omelet

om·e·let also om·e·lette  (m-lt, mlt)

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 lmella, diminutive of lmina, thin plate.]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

omelet - beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly omelette 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

Translations

omelet omelette [ˈɒmlɪt] N → omellete f, tortilla f francesa, torta f de huevos(Mex)
you can't make an omelet(te) without breaking eggs → no se puede hacer tortillas sin romper huevos