omelet

American  

[om-lit, om-uh-] / ˈɒm lɪt, ˈɒm ə- /

Or omelette

noun

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

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Etymology

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

Explanation

An omelet is a dish you might order for breakfast or brunch — it's kind of like a folded pancake made of beaten eggs, sometimes with the addition of vegetables, cheese, or meat. Yum. A good omelet is a little bit fluffy, but firm enough to contain its filling. You cook an omelet by whisking eggs with a bit of water or milk and cooking them quickly over high heat without stirring. You can then fold the omelet in half to serve it. While the French word omelette was first used in the 1600s, the omelet itself may be more than two hundred years older than that. The Latin root, lamella, means "thin plate."

Example Sentences

The Luxury Lobster Omelette should really be called the Luxury Lobster-Crab Omelet, because I do add jumbo lump, but only as a garnish.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2023

Created by the Culver City-based ad agency Omelet, it asked us to regard water as a friend we should treat with greater respect.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2022

I failed in my attempt to track down one last Cheese and Veggie Omelet MRE for old time’s sake.

From Slate • May 6, 2019

Omelet staffers used a succinct phrase to guide their Walmart work: “make people hate us less,” according to former employees at the firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2018

Omelet with Cheese.—Proceed as if making an ordinary omelet, with four ounces of butter.

From Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet by Payne, A. G.