omelet

or om·e·lette

[ om-lit, om-uh- ]

/ ˈɒm lɪt, ˈɒm ə- /

noun

eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.

Nearby words

omega minus, omega-3 fatty acid, omega-c baryon, omega-minus particle, omega-oxidation theory, omelet, omelette, omen, omenn's syndrome, omental, omental bursa

Origin of omelet

1605–15; < French omelette, earlier amelette, metathetic form of alemette, variant of alemelle literally, thin plate, variant of Old French lemelle < Latin lāmella. See lamella, -et

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Examples from the Web for omelet

Failing to make an omelet hardly proves that omelets are illusory if nobody has been willing to break some eggs along the way.
Partition Skepticism and the Future of the Peace Process|Avner Inbar, Assaf Sharon|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He Said: I completely disagree, and I see both the ice cream cone scene and the omelet scene entirely differently.
‘The Good Wife’: Has Season 4’s Kalinda Storyline Gone too Far?|Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez|October 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
That it plays out in such a domestic setting, in a kitchen and he demands that she make him an omelet, is telling as well.
‘The Good Wife’: Has Season 4’s Kalinda Storyline Gone too Far?|Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez|October 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Sen. Sherrod Brown knows which side his omelet is hot-sauced on.
Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards Takes Center Stage in Charlotte|Allison Yarrow|September 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST

He was eating an omelet, and had moved the bread off his plate.
Mike Daisey: The Man Who Outed Apple’s Abysmal Labor Practices in China|Jacob Bernstein|March 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A tin saucepan is apt to cook the omelet so rapidly as to burn it in spots.
Science in the Kitchen.|Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
Beat the eggs and milk well together, rub the meal smooth with it, add the vegetables and seasoning, and fry as an omelet.
The Allinson Vegetarian Cookery Book|Thomas R. Allinson
Demonstrate the cooking of the omelet before the entire class.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools|Ministry of Education Ontario
I looked at my sister Frederica, and she looked at me, and then both of us looked at the omelet, and at our governess.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia|L. Mhlbach,
The breakfast dishes most to be commended may begin with the omelet.
The Art of Entertaining|M. E. W. Sherwood

Word Origin and History for omelet

omelet

1610s, from French omelette (16c.), metathesis of alemette (14c.), from alemele "omelet," literally "blade (of a knife or sword)," probably a misdivision of la lemelle (mistaken as l'alemelle), from Latin lamella "thin, small plate," diminutive of lamina "plate, layer" (see laminate). The food so called from its flat shape. The proverb "you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs" (1859) translates French On ne saurait faire une omelette sans casser des oeufs. Middle English had hanonei "fried onions mixed with scrambled eggs" (mid-15c.).